What does "lignum" mean?

Dead wood, typically in the context of a substrate for lichens.

What is a synonym for "lignum"?

Common synonyms include: timber, wood, wood tissue, woody tissue.

noun

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Noun

1
Dead wood, typically in the context of a substrate for lichens. uncountable
2
A perennial shrub, Duma florulenta, native to semiarid areas of inland Australia. countable, uncountable
3
woody tissue wordnet
4
Land covered by lignum. countable, uncountable
"They assembled in the lignum / Where the Boss said pigs were thick."

"They assembled in the lignum / Where the Boss said pigs were thick."

Etymology 1

Latin lignum (“wood”)

Etymology 2

Contraction of polygonum (“plant of the family Polygonaceae”).