lignify. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

lignify

SYLLABICATION:	lig·ni·fy
PRONUNCIATION:	lgn-f
VERB:	Inflected forms: lig·ni·fied, lig·ni·fy·ing, lig·ni·fies
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To turn into wood or become woody through the formation and deposit of lignin in cell walls.
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To make woody or woodlike by the deposit of lignin.
OTHER FORMS:	ligni·fi·cation (-f-kshn) —NOUN


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