WOODY PLANT Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the phrase woody plant. (close relations)
Definition of WOODY PLANT
Best Alternative Words for WOODY PLANT
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bush | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946) • a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems • a large wilderness area • United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974) • dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes • vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) • hair growing in the pubic area adjective satellite • not of the highest quality or sophistication verb • provide with a bushing | ||||||||
flora | nounn | |||||||
noun • all the plant life in a particular region or period • (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | ||||||||
foliage | nounn | |||||||
noun • the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants • (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament | ||||||||
greenery | nounn | |||||||
noun • green foliage | ||||||||
sapling | nounn | |||||||
noun • young tree | ||||||||
shrub | nounn | |||||||
noun • a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||||||||
thicket | nounn | |||||||
noun • a dense growth of bushes | ||||||||
timber | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material • a beam made of wood • a post made of wood • land that is covered with trees and shrubs • (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | ||||||||
tree | nounn | |||||||
noun • English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) • a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms • a figure that branches from a single root verb • force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape • plant with trees • chase an animal up a tree • stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree | ||||||||
vegetation | nounn | |||||||
noun • all the plant life in a particular region or period • the process of growth in plants • an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart) • inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life | ||||||||
ligneous plant | nounn | |||||||
noun • a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems |