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was a small patch of lawn. — The Divine Wind;
• inexperienced; unsophisticated;
• of the color green;
• (deciduous)- shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs,
( ; ); We miss the freshness of
a deciduous foliage, our evergreens look dull, and we have
no deciduous trees as yet. — Life of John Coleridge Patteson;
ligneous : capillary
• (ligneous)- of the nature of or resembling wood; woody; The upper stratum
is ligneous, and is found to be very convenient for pavements. — The Lady of
the Ice A Novel;
• (capillary)- pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore,
( ); The force which causes the water to rise in these tubes is called
the capillary force, from the old Latin word — The First Book of Farming;
• resembling a strand of hair; hairlike;
shrivel = wither = sear : wizened
• (shrivel) – to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness,
(( , , ) , /
); He was looking out into the garden, which was part orchard, now
beginning toshrivel and to brown with the first touch of frosts. — Richard
Carvel;
• (wither) – to shrivel; fade; decay, ( , ); He was seen
day by day to wither, and grow weaker;
• (sear) – to burn or char the surface of, ( ; ); My leaves
are sear, tinged, but not tainted. — Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity;
• (sere) – parched; dry; You are too lank and sere, — A Legend of Old Persia
and Other Poems;
• (wizened)- withered; shriveled, ( - , - ); He was a wizened,
scrubby old fellow wearing a dirty peaked cap with a band of tarnished gold.
— The Man with the Clubfoot;