lignify

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (intransitive) To become wood.
2. (intransitive) To develop woody tissue as a result of incrustation of lignin during secondary growth.
3. (broadly, intransitive) To become rigid or fixed, like something made of wood.
4. (transitive) To turn into wood; to make ligneous.

Sinonieme

stiffen

grow numb

Vertalings

verhouten

lignifier

lignificare

ξυλοποιώ

lignificarsi

lignificarse

odun haline koymak

odunlaştırmak

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlɪɡnɪfaɪ/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin līgnum (“wood”) + -ify.