\Lig"ne*ous\ (l[i^]g"n[-e]*[u^]s), a. [L. ligneus, fr.
lignum wood. Cf. {Lignous}.]
Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or
resembling, wood; woody.
      It should be tried with shoots of vines and roots of
      red roses; for it may be they, being of a moreligneous
      nature, will incorporate with the tree itself. --Bacon.
{Ligneous marble}, wood coated or prepared so as to resemble
   marble.