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adj
produced from wood by the action of heat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adjective
of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pyroligneous
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English lign- Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pyrolignic From pyro- + lign- + -ic.
