单词 | unlignified |
释义 | unlignifiedadj. Of plant cells, tissue, etc.: without lignin; not lignified. Cf. lignify v. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [adjective] > converted into woody tissue > not lignified unlignified1852 1852 A. Henfrey tr. H. von Mohl Princ. Anat. & Physiol. Veg. Cell 12 The cavity of the wood-cells expands during the increase of thickness of a shoot, in exactly the same proportion as the unlignified cells [Ger. die nicht verholzten Zellen]. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 100 An unlignified gelatinous thickening-mass. 1910 W. H. Dooley Textiles for Commerc., Industr., Evening & Domest. Arts Schools xv. 177 In its composition it [sc. flax] is almost purely an unlignified cellulose. 1965 Illustr. London News 18 Sept. 32/1 Wood which is still sappy, or at all events unlignified. 1997 Ann. Bot. 80 149/1 Lignified cell walls stain green to bright blue, unlignified walls..stain pink to red. 2004 L. A. Newsom & E. S. Wing On Land & Sea ix. 213 Edible greens and plant tubers..are composed primarily of soft, unlignified cells, making them highly perishable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1852 |
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