Hypertext Webster Gateway: "woody"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Woody \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
3: made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of
lignin in the cell walls [syn: {lignified}]
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