Found 2 items, similar to Woody.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: woody
woody
adj 1: made of or containing or resembling wood;
“woody plants”;
“perennial herbs with woody stems”;
“a woody taste”
[ant:
nonwoody]
2: abounding in trees;
“an arboreous landscape”;
“violets in
woodsy shady spots”;
“a woody area near the highway” [syn:
arboraceous,
arboreous,
woodsy]
3: made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of
lignin in the cell walls [syn:
lignified]
[also:
woodiest,
woodier]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Woody
Woody
\Wood"y\, a.
1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land.
“The woody
wilderness.” --Bryant.
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Secret shades
Of woody Ida's inmost grove. --Milton.
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2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber;
ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.
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3. Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan. [R.]
“Woody nymphs,
fair Hamadryades.” --Spenser.
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Woody fiber. (Bot.)
(a) Fiber or tissue consisting of slender, membranous
tubes tapering at each end.
(b) A single wood cell. See under
Wood. --Goodale.
Woody nightshade. (Bot.). See
Bittersweet, 3
(a) .
Woody pear (Bot.), the inedible, woody, pear-shaped fruit
of several Australian proteaceous trees of the genus
Xylomelum; -- called also
wooden pear.
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