woody

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wood·y / ˈwoŏdē/ • adj. (wood·i·er, wood·i·est) (of an area of land) covered with trees: a woody dale. ∎  made of, resembling, or suggestive of wood: cut out the woody central core before boiling. ∎  Bot. (of a plant or its stem) of the nature of or consisting of wood; lignified.DERIVATIVES: wood·i·ness n.

woody

views updated May 23 2018

woody Applied to plants that contain wood.

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