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# woody

«woody» in Mova's school dictionary: **Woody plants have hard stems made of wood, like trees and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (woody, woodier, woodiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Woody plants have hard stems made of wood, like trees and bushes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woody/#m1)

2) A woody place has lots of trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woody/#m2)

3) Woody can describe a taste or smell like wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woody/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, woody plants (trees, shrubs) have stiff stems; non-woody plants (herbs, grass) have soft green stems. In geography and stories, a woody hillside. Phrases: woody stems, a woody area, woody smell.

### examples

- Trees and shrubs are woody plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woody/#x1)
- Cut off the woody end of the asparagus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woody/#x2)
- The garden had a woody corner full of oaks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woody/#x3)
- Rosemary has a woody stem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woody/#x4)
- The old cupboard has a woody smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woody/#x5)
- Grass is not woody; it bends easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woody/#x6)
- High up, on the woody hillside, stood the new mansion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woody/#x7)

### note

Comparative: woodier, woodiest. Do not mix up with «wooded» (covered with trees) and «wooden» (made of wood: a wooden spoon). «Woody» with a capital W is also a name.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «woody» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woody/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.