Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ligniferous \Lig*nif"er*ous\ (l[i^]g*n[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [L.
   lignifer; lignum wood + ferre to bear: cf. F. lignif[`e]re.]
   Yielding or producing wood.