woody

woody
    adj 1: made of or containing or resembling wood; "woody plants";
           "perennial herbs with woody stems"; "a woody taste" [ant:
           {nonwoody}]
    2: abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in
       woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway" [syn:
       {arboraceous}, {arboreous}, {woodsy}, {woody}]
    3: made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin
       in the cell walls
    

Woody \Wood"y\, a.
   1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. "The woody
      wilderness." --Bryant.
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            Secret shades
            Of woody Ida's inmost grove.          --Milton.
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   2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber;
      ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.
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   3. Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan. [R.] "Woody nymphs,
      fair Hamadryades." --Spenser.
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   {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}.
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Woody, CA
  Zip code(s): 93287
    

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "woody":
      afforestational, arboreous, bosky, braky, bushy, copsy,
      dendrologic, forest, forestal, forested, reforestational, scrubby,
      shrubby, silvicultural, sylvan, timbered, wooded, woodland,
      woodsy