LIGNIFY (lignified)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: lignified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lignify mean? 

• LIGNIFY (verb)
  The verb LIGNIFY has 1 sense:

1. convert into wood or cause to become woody

  Familiarity information: LIGNIFY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIGNIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they lignify    ... he / she / it lignifies   
Past simple: lignified   
Past participle: lignified   
-ing form: lignifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Convert into wood or cause to become woody

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "lignify" is one way to...):

convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

An elongated, tapering, generally thick-walled sclerenchyma cell of vascular plants; its walls may or may not be lignified.

(Fiber, Food and Drug Administration)

Dense, often dark, and heavily lignified wood produced in the annual ring during the later part of the growing season, characterized by small, thick-walled cells.

(Latewood, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)