made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Browning and hardening of peduncles or shoots that develop as a result of the formation of lignin; woody
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            describes a plant with woody tissue developed by secondary cell wall thickening by lignin and cellulose.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Describes a branch that is beginning to harden and turn brown, with eyes forming on it.