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woody

/ˈwʊdi/ adjective B2
  1. Covered in woods; wooded.
  2. Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture.
  3. Non-herbaceous. · Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.
  4. Lignified. · the woody parts of a plant

Comparative woodier · Superlative woodiest

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Last, round the woody turn we swing:
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 13 · C1
It was a large, handsome stone building, standing well on rising ground, and backed by a ridge of high woody hills; and in front a stream of some natural importance was swelled into greater, but without any artificial appearance.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 273 · B2
Its windows, opening to the ground, admitted a most refreshing view of the high woody hills behind the house, and of the beautiful oaks and Spanish chestnuts which were scattered over the intermediate lawn.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 299 · B2

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