delignifyv.
/(ˌ)diːˈlɪɡnᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /diˈlɪɡnəˌfaɪ/ transitive. To break down or remove lignin from (wood or other plant material). Cf. delignification n.
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1888 H. M. Ward in Nature 5 Jan. 229/2 These white areas are the remains of the elements of the wood which have already been completely delignified by the action of the ferment secreted by the fungus filaments.
1912 Mycologia 4 111 The enzym does not delignify the walls of the tracheids.
1942 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 29 237/1 The specimens were..delignified by alternating treatments with chlorine water and dilute alcoholic ammonium hydroxide.
2012 S. Backa et al. in E. Dahlquist Biomass as Energy Source viii. 145 Cooking liquor is added to the digester and the chips are delignified.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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