Referring to something that has a woody or ligneous texture or appearance.

Describing plant tissues that have become hardened and woody through the deposition of lignin.

To become woody or develop lignin, a strong, fibrous substance that gives plant tissues their rigidity.

Referring to organisms or substances that are destructive to wood or lignin.

The vascular tissue that extends from the stem into the leaf petiole, providing nutrients and water to the leaf.

The arrangement of veins within a leaf, which can be parallel, reticulate, or other patterns depending on the plant species.

A small, undeveloped bud from which a new leaf will grow, typically found at the axil of a plant’s stem.

A gap or void in the vascular tissue of a stem, occurring at the point where a leaf or leaf…

A component of a compound leaf, typically resembling a small leaf and attached to the central leaf stalk.

The individual segments of a compound leaf, each resembling a separate leaf but functioning as part of the whole leaf…