Arboreal vs Woody - What's the difference?
arboreal | woody |
Of, relating to, or resembling a tree; treely.
Living in or among trees.
Any tree-dwelling creature.
* 1971 , Theo Lang, The difference between a man and a woman
Covered in woods; wooded.
(obsolete) Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iii:
Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.
(botany) Non-herbaceous.
(botany) Lignified: "the woody parts of a plant".
A station wagon that has a retro wooden exterior, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
(vulgar, slang) An erection.
As adjectives the difference between arboreal and woody
is that arboreal is of, relating to, or resembling a tree; treely while woody is covered in woods; wooded.As nouns the difference between arboreal and woody
is that arboreal is any tree-dwelling creature while woody is a station wagon that has a retro wooden exterior, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.As a proper noun Woody is
a male given name, from a nickname for Woodrow.arboreal
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* boreal * sylvanNoun
(en noun)- So, by learning to use their eyes to more and more advantage the arboreals added another treasure to the foundation of human intelligence.
woody
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(er)- with the wooddie Nymphes when she did play, / Or when the flying Libbard she did chace, / She could them nimbly moue, and after fly apace.
- Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.
