a. 1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. “The woody wilderness.” Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]
Secret shades
Of woody Ida's inmost grove. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan. [ R. ] “Woody nymphs, fair Hamadryades.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Woody fiber. (Bot.) (a) Fiber or tissue consisting of slender, membranous tubes tapering at each end. (b) A single wood cell. See under Wood. Goodale. --
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. [ 1913 Webster ]