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verb (lignif, i, 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.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: verhouten
    (trans-mid)
  • French: lignifier
Etymology: From lignum, lÄgnum "wood" + -fy, -ify


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