lignum

Noun

 * 1) A perennial shrub,, native to semiarid areas of inland Australia.
 * 2) Land covered by lignum.

Etymology
From, from , from , with the Italic form interpreted as "wood collected for firemaking".

An alternative derivation from, and associated interpretation as "stray wood", seems equally possible, phonetically and semantically.

Noun

 * 1) firewood
 * 2)  wood tissue
 * 3) tree

Descendants
Several forms inherited from the plural ligna, reinterpreted as a feminine singular noun.


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