"lignum" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lignums [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lignum (countable and uncountable, plural lignums)
  1. A perennial shrub, Duma florulenta, native to semiarid areas of inland Australia. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lignum-en-noun-gLs---Jp
  2. Land covered by lignum. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lignum-en-noun-8bngrObM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lignum nephriticum, lignum rhodium, lignum vitae

Inflected forms

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