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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne