Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lignified"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lignified
adj : made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of
lignin in the cell walls [syn: {woody}]
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