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To convert into wood or woody tissue.

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Usage examples (7)
  • Late summer grafting is not practical because the scions which make a start do not lignify their new shoots sufficiently to withstand the winter cold.
  • In the north where the warm season is not long enough to allow the autumn sprout to lignify sufficiently for bearing the rigors of winter it is killed.
  • I noticed that some small branches of the Persian walnuts had been injured, and particularly where grafts had started a little late and had not lignified quite thoroughly I...
  • If plants which do not lignify for winter manage to direct successful wound repair after grafting and if plants which do lignify for winter do not conduct...
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