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woody

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wood·y  (wd)
adj. wood·i·er, wood·i·est
1. Forming or consisting of wood; ligneous: woody tissue.
2. Marked by the presence of wood or xylem: woody plants.
3. Characteristic or suggestive of wood: a woody smell.
4. Abounding in trees; wooded.
n. also wood·ie (wd) pl. wood·ies
1. A station wagon with exterior wood paneling.
2. Vulgar Slang An erection of the penis.

woodi·ness n.

woody
Adjective
[woodier, woodiest]
1. (of a plant) having a very hard stem
2. (of an area) covered with woods or trees
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.woody - made of or containing or resembling wood; "woody plants"; "perennial herbs with woody stems"; "a woody taste"
nonwoody - not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood
2.woodywoody - abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway"
wooded - covered with growing trees and bushes etc; "wooded land"; "a heavily wooded tract"
3.woody - made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls
hard - resisting weight or pressure

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High hills rose immediately behind, and at no great distance on each side; some of which were open downs, the others cultivated and woody.
Four times ten days I have passed Wandering this woody maze, and human food Nor tasted, nor had appetite.
He knows I have no one but Rachel to speak to, for we have no neighbours here, except the Hargraves, whose residence I can dimly descry from these upper windows embosomed among those low, woody hills beyond the Dale.
 
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