Definition of Lignify. Meaning of Lignify. Synonyms of Lignify

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Definition of Lignify

Lignify
Lignify Lig"ni*fy (-f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lignified (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Lignifying (-f[imac]`[i^]ng).] [L. lignum wood + -fy: cf. F. lignifier.] (Bot.) To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.
Lignify
Lignify Lig"ni*fy, v. i. (Bot.) To become wood.

Meaning of Lignify from wikipedia

- support through strengthening of wood (mainly composed of xylem cells and lignified sclerenchyma fibres) in vascular plants. Finally, lignin also confers...
- of a single cell layer. As the plant becomes older, more endoderm will lignify. The following chart shows the tissues produced by the endoderm. The embryonic...
- that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant. They also have a specialized non-lignified tissue (the...
- substances to make the bark unpalatable. Large tree-like plants with lignified trunks in the Pteridophyta, Arecales, Cycadophyta and Poales such as the...
- may be up to 20 cm (8 in) long. The upright to ascending shoot axes can lignify in the lower area. The lower leaves are in a rosette and have a short stalk...
- exceptions). The definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, woody (lignified) stone is derived from the ovary wall of the flower. In an aggregate fruit...
- ability to give rise to a new individual plant. Exceptions include highly lignified cells, the sclerenchyma and xylem which are dead at maturity, and the...
- fruit or drupe – the definitive characteristic of a drupe is the hard, "lignified" stone (sometimes called the "pit"). It is derived from the ovary wall...
- composed of two types of cells, sclereids and fibres that have thickened, lignified secondary walls: 78  laid down inside of the primary cell wall. The secondary...
- A tracheid is a long and tapered lignified cell in the xylem of vascular plants. It is a type of conductive cell called a tracheary element. Angiosperms...