| 释义 |
lignify, v.|ˈlɪgnɪfaɪ|
[f. L. lign-um wood + -ify.]
a. trans. To convert into wood; to make ligneous. Chiefly in pa. pple. and ppl. a. ˈlignified.
b. intr. To become wood.
1828in Webster [trans. and intr.]. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 133 Lignified vessels. 1875Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 33 The corky and lignified scales of the cell-wall. 1884Sophie Herrick Wonders of Plant Life i. 6 The protoplasm disappears, the cellulose lignifies. 1884Blackmore Tommy Upm. I. xvii. 265 A lignified turnip. |