Definition of lignify in English:
lignify
verblignifying, lignified, lignifies ˈlɪɡnɪfʌɪˈlɪɡnəˌfaɪ
[with object]usually as adjective lignifiedBotany Make rigid and woody by the deposition of lignin in cell walls.
Example sentencesExamples
- Eventually these new lamellae also become lignified themselves.
- For example, microcrystalline pyrite is ubiquitous on the inner surface of cell walls, within lignified cell walls and in the middle lamella.
- Ultrastructurally, parenchymatous cell walls are coalified, whereas microcrystalline pyrite plus coalified material were observed within lignified cell walls.
- The secondary parenchyma produced by the successive cambia is not lignified and serves as a starch storage tissue.
- In the tertiary state of development endodermal cells deposit lignified cell wall material onto the suberin lamella.