Meaning

5 senses
  1. Covered in woods; wooded.

    bewaldet, waldig

  2. Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture.

    made of or containing or resembling wood

  3. Non-herbaceous.

    Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.

    holzig

  4. Lignified.

    the woody parts of a plant

    verholzt

  5. (obsolete)Belonging to the woods; sylvan.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Yanni uses woody vines to weave baskets.

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  2. These strawberry tree fruits taste a little woody.

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  3. Yanni says he can weave baskets with these woody vines.

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  4. These grasslands actually do get mown once a year to keep invasive plants and woody vegetation from taking over.

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  5. We understand that the Woody Panel retails for $80.

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Translations

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By meaning 3
covered in woods:
non-herbaceous:
lignified:

Origin

From Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to wood + -y.

From Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to wood + -y.

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Forms

woodier, woodiest
Comparativewoodier Lesson
Superlativewoodiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
woody — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto