lignification

English

Noun

lignification (countable and uncountable, plural lignifications)

1. Turning to wood; the process of becoming ligneous.
   • 2012, Richard W. Hemingway, Plant Polyphenols: Synthesis, Properties, Significance‎:

     Given the presumed role(s) of monolignol glucosides in lignification, it was of considerable interest to next establish whether UDPG:coniferyl alcohol (CA) glucosyl-transferases exhibited any substrate stereoselectivity toward either E- or Z-monolignols.

Derived terms

• delignification

Translations

turning to wood, the process of becoming ligneous

Czech: dřevnatění n Russian: деревене́ние (ru) n (derevenénije)

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

lignification f (plural lignifications)

1. lignification

Further reading

• “lignification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.