About The Word Woody
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Woody
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What's The Definition Of Woody?
[adj] made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls
[adj] abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway" [adj] made of or containing or resembling wood; "woody plants"; "perennial herbs with woody stems"; "a woody taste" Synonyms | Synonyms for Woody: arboraceous | arboreous | ashen | aspen | bamboo | beechen | birch | birchen | birken | cedarn | deal | hard | ligneous | lignified | oak | oaken | suffrutescent | wood(a) | wooded | wooden | woodsy Related Terms | Find terms related to Woody: See Also | Woody In Webster's Dictionary \Wood"y\, a.
1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. ``The woody
wilderness.'' --Bryant.
Secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove. --Milton.
2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber;
ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.
3. Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan. [R.] ``Woody nymphs,
fair Hamadryades.'' --Spenser.
{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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