woody

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see also: Woody

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwʊdi/

Adjective

woody (comparative woodier, superlative woodiest)

1. Covered in woods; wooded.
2. (obsolete) Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:

     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.

3. Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.
4. (botany) Non-herbaceous.

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

5. (botany) Lignified.

   the woody parts of a plant

Translations

• German: bewaldet, waldig
• Italian: boscoso
• Spanish: boscoso

Translations

• German: holzig
• Portuguese: lenhoso
• Spanish: leñoso

Translations

• German: verholzt
• Portuguese: lenhoso

Noun

woody (plural woodies)

1. Alternative form of woodie#English|woodie

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Woody

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwʊdi/

Proper noun

1. A male given name, from a nickname for Woodrow.

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