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English adjective: woody

1. woody made of or containing or resembling wood


SamplesWoody plants.
Perennial herbs with woody stems.
A woody taste.


Similarashen, beechen, birch, birchen, birken, cedarn, ligneous, oaken, suffrutescent, wooden


Antonymsnonwoody

2. woody abounding in trees


SamplesAn arboreous landscape.
Violets in woodsy shady spots.
A woody area near the highway.


Synonymsarboraceous, arboreous, woodsy


Similarwooded


Antonymstreeless, unwooded

3. woody made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls


Similarhard


Antonymssoft









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