lignify

English

WOTD – 15 July 2006

Etymology

From Latin līgnum (“wood”) +‎ -ify.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪɡnɪfaɪ/

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Verb

lignify (third-person singular simple present lignifies, present participle lignifying, simple past and past participle lignified)

1. (intransitive) To become wood.
2. (intransitive, botany) To develop woody tissue as a result of incrustation of lignin during secondary growth.
3. (intransitive, by extension) To become rigid or fixed, like something made of wood.
4. (transitive) To turn into wood; to make ligneous.

Derived terms

• nonlignified
• unlignified

Related terms

• lignification

Translations

to become wood

Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify) 木化 Dutch: verhouten (nl) French: lignifier (fr) German: verholzen (de) Italian: lignificare Russian: деревяне́ть (ru) (derevjanétʹ), деревене́ть (ru) (derevenétʹ) Turkish: odunlaşmak (tr)