English Dictionary: woody nightshade | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for woody nightshade | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Woody \Wood"y\, a. 1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. [bd]The woody wilderness.[b8] --Bryant. Secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove. --Milton. 2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants. 3. Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan. [R.] [bd]Woody nymphs, fair Hamadryades.[b8] --Spenser. {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}. |