woody : Idioms & Phrases
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woody allen
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noun United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-)
Allen; Allen Stewart Konigsberg.
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Woody fiber
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(Bot.) (a) Fiber or tissue consisting of slender, membranous tubes tapering at each end.(b) A single wood cell. See underWood . Goodale.
Webster 1913
woody guthrie
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noun United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967)
Guthrie; Woodrow Wilson Guthrie.
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woody herman
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noun United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)
Herman; Woodrow Charles Herman.
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Woody nightshade
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noun poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
bittersweet; bittersweet nightshade; climbing nightshade; poisonous nightshade; deadly nightshade; Solanum dulcamara.
WordNet
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(Bot.) . SeeBittersweet , 3(a) .
Webster 1913
Woody pear
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noun tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp
Xylomelum pyriforme; native pear.
WordNet
(Bot.) , the inedible, woody, pear-shaped fruit of several Australian proteaceous trees of the genusXylomelum ; called alsowooden pear .
Webster 1913
woody plant
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noun a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
ligneous plant.
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woody-stemmed
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adjective satellite having a woody stem