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lignum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | plant tissue |
Examples of lignum
lignum
Lignum occurs in all of Australia's mainland states, as well as the Northern Territory.
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A holywood lignum vitae can be seen in the southern portion of the Franklin Park Conservatory.
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The clock still operates and like his previous clocks has a wooden movement, made of oak and lignum vitae.
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And so, half-human, half-lignum, Nash lives among us translating wood with humour, grace and extraordinary creativity.
From the guardian.co.uk
Lignum often appears leafless as the leaves are produced on younger growth but soon die off, especially in dry conditions.
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Captain Bartholomew Gilbert of Plymouth visited the island in 1603, spending two weeks to cut twenty tons of lignum vitae wood.
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Developed from the anchor escapement, it was almost frictionless, requiring no lubrication because the pallets were made from the wood lignum vitae.
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Between 1725 and 1728 John and his brother James, also a skilled joiner, made at least three precision pendulum-clocks, again with oak and lignum vitae movements and longcase.
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Some of the John Harrison clocks still operate after hundreds of years because of the lignum vitae wood employed in their construction, whereas his metal clocks are seldom run due to potential wear.
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- Woody tissue
- Refers to the wood or the secondary thickening of the stem. This may or may not contain the bark as well.
- 1. Muehlenbeckia florenta, a greyish shrub to about 2m high and wide. Intricately branched and often apparently leafless, dotted with small, ivory-toned flowers. Grows in areas that are intermittently inundated. ...
- Vitae: A particularly hard wood
