Definition of woody

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Woody (a.) Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants..

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Woody :: Woody (a.) Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land..
Acorn :: Acorn (n.) The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule..
Holt :: Holt (n.) A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill..
Monkey-pot :: Monkey-pot (n.) The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule..
Marsdenia :: Marsdenia (n.) A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo..
Ghyll :: Ghyll (n.) A ravine. See Gill a woody glen.
Suffruticose :: Suffrutescent (a.) Slightly woody at the base.
Fibrovascular :: Fibrovascular (a.) Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all flowering plants and ferns; -- opposed to cellular..
Dracaena :: Dracaena (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.
Gill :: Gill (n.) A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream.
Silvan :: Silvan (a.) Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody.
Cone :: Cone (n.) The fruit or strobile of the Coniferae, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base..
Bosky :: Bosky (a.) Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets.
Vine :: Vine (n.) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also called Roxbury waxwork..
Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara..
Thorn :: Thorn (n.) A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine..
Pepper :: Pepper (n.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth..
Duct :: Duct (n.) A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber..
Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle..
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