ligneous plant vs tree

tree vs ligneous plant

ligneous plant and tree both are nouns.

ligneous plant is not a verb while tree is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ligneous plant	Yes	No	No	No
tree	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, tree is a hyponym of ligneous plant; that is, tree is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ligneous plant:

ligneous plant: a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
tree: a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

Other hyponyms of ligneous plant include bugbane, melilot, melilotus, sweet clover, aralia, combretum, ravenala, Ravenala madagascariensis, traveler's tree, traveller's tree, Pipturus argenteus, Queensland grass-cloth plant, milk-vetch, milk vetch, false indigo, wild indigo, bush clover, lespedeza, lupin, lupine, bignoniad, gesneriad, figwort, nightshade, lignosae, arborescent plant, bush, shrub, bramble.

ligneous plant (noun)	tree (noun)
a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems	a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	a figure that branches from a single root

ligneous plant (verb)	tree (verb)
	stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
	chase an animal up a tree
	plant with trees
	force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

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