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What (who) is lignify - definition
lignify
['l?gn?f??]
¦ verb (lignifies, lignifying, lignified) [usu. as adjective lignified] Botany make rigid and woody by the deposition of lignin in cell walls.
Derivatives
lignification noun
Lignify
·vi To become wood.
II. Lignify ·vt To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.
Lignification
![Polymerisation of [[coniferyl alcohol]] to lignin. The reaction has two alternative routes [[catalysed]] by two different oxidative enzymes, [[peroxidase]]s or [[oxidase]]s.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LigninPolymerisation.png?width=200 "Polymerisation of [[coniferyl alcohol]] to lignin. The reaction has two alternative routes [[catalysed]] by two different oxidative enzymes, [[peroxidase]]s or [[oxidase]]s.")
![The three common monolignols: H, [[paracoumaryl alcohol]] (1), G, [[coniferyl alcohol]] (2) and S, [[sinapyl alcohol]] (3)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monolignols general.svg?width=200 "The three common monolignols: H, [[paracoumaryl alcohol]] (1), G, [[coniferyl alcohol]] (2) and S, [[sinapyl alcohol]] (3)")
FAMILY OF PHENOLIC BIOPOLYMERS
Lignified; Lingin; Lignification; Lignins; Lignin biosynthesis; Lignine
·noun A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin.
