Associations to the word «Lignin»

Wiktionary

LIGNIN, noun. (organic compound) A complex non-carbohydrate aromatic polymer present in all wood.

Dictionary definition

LIGNIN, noun. A complex polymer; the chief constituent of wood other than carbohydrates; binds to cellulose fibers to harden and strengthen cell walls of plants.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope