woody adj 1: made of or containing or resembling wood; "woody plants"; "perennial herbs with woody stems"; "a woody taste" [ant: {nonwoody}] 2: abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway" [syn: {arboraceous}, {arboreous}, {woodsy}] 3: made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls [syn: {lignified}] [also: {woodiest}, {woodier}] woodiest See {woody}