lignify

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To become wood.
To develop woody tissue as a result of incrustation of lignin during secondary growth.
To become rigid or fixed, like something made of wood.
To turn into wood; to make ligneous.

/ˈlɪɡnɪfaɪ/ en-us-lignify.ogg

lignify lignifies lignifying lignified

From Latin līgnum (“wood”) + -ify.

lignification

nonlignified unlignified

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