woody en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈwʊdi/
Etymology
From Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to wood + -y.
Meanings
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Covered in woods; wooded.
She […] liv'd in a Cottage, far retir'd / Among the Windings of a woody Vale […].
a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
- Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture.
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(obsolete) Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
with the wooddie Nymphes when she did play, / Or when the flying Libbard she did chace, / She could them nimbly moue, and after fly apace.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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Non-herbaceous.
Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.
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Lignified.
the woody parts of a plant
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| woodier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| woodiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
woody breast · Woody Head · Woody Island · Woody Creek · woodiness · woodily · woody pear · woody nightshade
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (39)
pt lenhoso (non-herbaceous) · ga adhmadach (lignified) · cy prennaidd (non-herbaceous) · ca llenyós (non-herbaceous) · de verholzt (lignified) · es boscoso (covered in woods) · hu erdős (covered in woods) · it boscoso (covered in woods) · bg дървен (non-herbaceous) · es leñoso (non-herbaceous) · fi puu- (lignified) · cy coedaidd (lignified) · de bewaldet (covered in woods) · alt агашту (covered in woods) · fi puinen (lignified) · br koadek (non-herbaceous) · nl houtig (non-herbaceous) · sv vedartad (non-herbaceous) · ky токойлуу (covered in woods) · gl leñoso (non-herbaceous) · lv mežains (covered in woods) · sv skogsbeklädd (covered in woods) · pl lesisty (covered in woods) · de holzig (non-herbaceous) · pt lenhoso (lignified) · fi puuvartinen (non-herbaceous) · cs dřevnatý (non-herbaceous) · hu fás (non-herbaceous) · ga adhmadach (non-herbaceous) · gl boscoso (covered in woods) · br koadek (covered in woods) · fr boisé (covered in woods) · de waldig (covered in woods) · cy coediog (covered in woods) · gl leñoso (lignified) · hu fás szárú (non-herbaceous) · fr ligneux (non-herbaceous) · bg горист (covered in woods) · pl drzewiasty (non-herbaceous)