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
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 May 2025
(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
