WOODIER

WOODY

woody

(adjective) made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls

arboraceous, arboreous, woodsy, woody

(adjective) abounding in trees; “an arboreous landscape”; “violets in woodsy shady spots”; “a woody area near the highway”

woody

(adjective) made of or containing or resembling wood; “woody plants”; “perennial herbs with woody stems”; “a woody taste”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

woodier

comparative form of woody

Source: Wiktionary


WOODY

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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