Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood. Opposite of
woody .
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- adjective Not
woody
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- adjective not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood
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Examples
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These include dominance by woody, broad-leaved, deciduous plants, nonwoody plants with underground storage structures and spring blooming (1,400 species in the Great Smokies alone), early-leafing ephemeral herbs or shade-adapted perennials with buds that overwinter, and plant communities that vary predictably along environmental gradients.
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However, a few trees, such as cottonwoods, oaks, and willows grow in river valleys, and some nonwoody plants, specifically a few hundred species of flowers, grow among the grasses.
Grassland biome 2008
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Stems remain thin and nonwoody throughout the plant's life.
28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture 1996
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Stems remain thin and nonwoody throughout the plant's life.
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Sweet basils are herbaceous (nonwoody, nonpersistent), having the taproot shaped roots, and the leaves are generally a broad oval shape and make a special fragrance.
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The vegetation at that time consisted of nonwoody plants.
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Herbaceous stems are mature nonwoody stems that exhibit only primary growth.
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Epidermis is an outer protective covering tissue of plant roots, leaves, and stems of nonwoody plants.
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Herbaceous stems are mature nonwoody stems that exhibit only primary growth.
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Epidermis is an outer protective covering tissue of plant roots, leaves, and stems of nonwoody plants.
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