| 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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