ADJECTIVE | all | woody | made of or containing or resembling wood |
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all | woody, arboraceous, arboreous, woodsy | abounding in trees | |
all | woody | made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls |
Sounds | wuh'diy | |
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Meaning | made of or containing or resembling wood. | |
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Narrower | ashen | made of wood of the ash tree |
beechen | Consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree | |
birch, birchen, birken | Consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree | |
cedarn | Consisting of or made of cedar | |
ligneous | Consisting of or containing lignin or xylem | |
oaken | Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree | |
suffrutescent | Of a plant | |
wooden | made or consisting of (entirely / entirely or in part) or employing wood | |
Opposite | nonwoody | not woody |
Spanish | leñoso | |
Catalan | llenyós | |
Nouns | wood | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
Meaning | abounding in trees. | |
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Example | "a woody area near the highway" | |
Synonyms | arboraceous, arboreous, woodsy | |
Broader | wooded | Covered with growing trees and bushes etc |
Spanish | arbolado, arbóreo | |
Nouns | woodiness | the quality of abounding in trees |
Meaning | made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls. | |
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Broader | hard | Resisting weight or pressure |
Spanish | leñoso, lignificado |
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