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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
woody pear n 1: tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp [syn: native pear, woody pear, Xylomelum pyriforme] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Woody \Wood"y\, 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] | ||
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