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tex | woody |

As a noun tex

is a milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber.

As a proper noun woody is

a male given name, from a nickname for woodrow.

tex

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A masculine nickname, especially for a Texan.
  • Derived terms

    * Tex-Mex

    Anagrams

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    woody

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered in woods; wooded.
  • (obsolete) Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iii:
  • 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.
  • Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.
  • (botany) Non-herbaceous.
  • Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.
  • (botany) Lignified: "the woody parts of a plant".
  • Noun

    (woodies)
  • A station wagon that has a retro wooden exterior, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
  • (vulgar, slang) An erection.
  • See also

    * wood * wooden * wooded