woody

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.

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woodi·ness n.

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woody

Adjective

[woodier, woodiest]

1. (of a plant) having a very hard stem

2. (of an area) covered with woods or trees

Thesaurus

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.	woody - abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway" arboraceous, arboreous, woodsy 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