woody Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective made of or containing or resembling wood
    • woody plants
    • perennial herbs with woody stems
    • a woody taste
  2. adjective satellite abounding in trees
    arboreous; arboraceous; woodsy.
    • an arboreous landscape
    • violets in woodsy shady spots
    • a woody area near the highway
  3. adjective satellite made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls

WordNet

Wood"y adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913