lignify

American  

[lig-nuh-fahy] / ˈlɪg nəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

lignified, lignifying

1. to convert into wood; cause to become woody.

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verb (used without object)

lignified, lignifying

1. to become wood or woody.

lignify British  

/ ˈlɪɡnɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. botany to make or become woody as a result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls

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lignify Scientific  

/ lĭg′nə-fī′ /

1. To make or become stiffer and stronger by the deposition of lignin.

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Other Word Forms

• lignification
  noun
• unlignified
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of lignify

First recorded in 1820–30; ligni- + -fy

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

lignify lignified lignifying

Late summer grafting is not practical because the scions which make a start do not lignify their new shoots sufficiently to withstand the winter cold.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920 by Northern Nut Growers Association

In the north where the warm season is not long enough to allow the autumn sprout to lignify sufficiently for bearing the rigors of winter it is killed.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. by Northern Nut Growers Association

Tracheids are xylem cells with thick secondary cell walls that are lignified.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Xylem conductive cells incorporate the compound lignin into their walls, and are thus described as lignified.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

This consists of elongated lignified cells with pitted walls.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

Wood fiber proper has much thickened lignified walls and no pits, and its main function is mechanical support.

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William

If one waited until the buds were developed the tissue at the base of the cutting was too highly lignified for root formation.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association

The terminal leaves on scions seemed to conduct repair up to a point where lignifying for the winter is now going on.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933 by Northern Nut Growers Association

If buds then start off like those of two persimmons and two papaws they will have time for lignifying.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933 by Northern Nut Growers Association