'Woody' definitions:
Definition of 'woody'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Made of or containing or resembling wood; "woody plants"; "perennial herbs with woody stems"; "a woody taste" [ant: nonwoody]
adjective
Abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway" [syn: arboraceous, arboreous, woodsy, woody]
adjective
Made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls
Definition of 'Woody'
From: GCIDE
- Woody \Wood"y\, a.
- 1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. "The woody wilderness." --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
- Secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan. [R.] "Woody nymphs, fair Hamadryades." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'woody'
From: Moby Thesaurus