Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to, consisting of, or resembling wood.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Woody; of the nature of, resembling, or pertaining to xylem or wood; ligneous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling wood; having the nature of wood.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Characteristic of
wood ;woody
Etymologies
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xylo- + -oid
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super-kawy commented on the word xyloid
Of or similar to wood.
September 22, 2009