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adjective

Woody adj.

Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. "The woody wilderness." "Secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove."

Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.

Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan. (R.) "Woody nymphs, fair Hamadryades."

Woody fiber. (Bot.)

(a)

Fiber or tissue consisting of slender, membranous tubes tapering at each end.

(b)

A single wood cell. See under Wood.

Woody nightshade. (Bot.). See Bittersweet, 3 (a).

Woody pear (Bot.), the inedible, woody, pear-shaped fruit of several Australian proteaceous trees of the genus Xylomelum; called also wooden pear.

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Etymology of 'Woody nightshade'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Woody nightshade" Quotes from Famous Books

... natural bower, under the overhanging growth of cedars, poplars, and birch, which were wreathed together by the flexile branches of the vine and bitter-sweet, which climbed to a height of fifteen feet [FN: Solatnum dulcamara,—Bitter-sweet or Woody nightshade. This plant, like the red-berried briony of England, is highly ornamental. It possesses powerful properties as a medicine, and is in high reputation among the Indians.] among the branches of the trees, which it covered as with a mantle. A pure ...

— Canadian Crusoes - A Tale of The Rice Lake Plains • Catharine Parr Traill