Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
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; âan arboreous landscapeâ; âviolets in woodsy shady spotsâ; âa woody area near the highwayâ
woody
(adjective) made of or containing or resembling wood; âwoody plantsâ; âperennial herbs with woody stemsâ; âa woody tasteâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
woodiest
superlative form of woody: most woody
Source: Wiktionary
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
7 January 2025
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; ââI canât tell you when the manager will arrive,â he said rather uninformativelyâ
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.