Lignify

WOTD - 15 July 2006    

English

Etymology

From Latin līgnum "wood" + -ify

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪgnɪfaɪ/

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Verb

Infinitive to Lignify

Third person singular lignif

Simple past ed

Past participle -

Present participle i

to Lignify (third-person singular simple present lignif, present participle i, simple past and past participle ed)

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.

Related terms

• lignification

Translations

to become wood

Chinese: 木化 Dutch: verhouten nl(nl)

French: lignifier fr(fr) Russian: деревянеть ru(ru), деревенеть ru(ru)

vi:lignify zh:lignify