Woody
['wʊdɪ] or ['wʊdi]
Definition
(adj.) made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls .
(adj.) made of or containing or resembling wood; 'woody plants'; 'perennial herbs with woody stems'; 'a woody taste' .
Editor: Nat--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land.
(a.) Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.
(a.) Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan.
Inputed by Abner
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Ligneous, wooden.[2]. Sylvan, shady.
Inputed by Frances
Examples
- And so we find them developing fibre and support, and the beginning of _woody fibre_ in them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The beck wandered down to the Hollow, through a silent district; no wind followed its course or haunted its woody borders. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- High hills rose immediately behind, and at no great distance on each side; some of which were open downs, the others cultivated and woody. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
Editor: Sasha