lignifyv.
/ˈlɪɡnᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈlɪɡnəˌfaɪ/ a. transitive. To convert into wood; to make ligneous.
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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > become cells or tissue [verb (transitive)]
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cuticularize1875
suberize1884
1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. [trans.].
b. intransitive. To become wood. Chiefly in past participle and participial adjective ˈlignified adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [adjective] > converted into woody tissue
lignified1828
lignified1828
the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > be cells or tissue [verb (intransitive)] > become woody tissue
lignify1828
1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. [intr.].
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 133 Lignified vessels.
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 33 The corky and lignified scales of the cell-wall.
1884 S. Herrick Wonders of Plant Life i. 6 The protoplasm disappears, the cellulose lignifies.
1884 R. D. Blackmore Hist. Sir T. Upmore I. xvii. 265 A lignified turnip.
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