3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Lignify \Lig"ni*fy\ (l[i^]g"n[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lignified} (l[i^]g"n[i^]*f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lignifying} (l[i^]g"n[i^]*f[imac]`[i^]ng).] [L. lignum wood + -fy: cf. F. lignifier.] (Bot.) To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: lignified adj : made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls [syn: {woody}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: lignified See {lignify}
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