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woodsia glabella |
woodsia ilvensis |
woodsiness |
woodsman |
woodstone |
woodsy
| woodwall
| woodward
| woodwardia
| woodwardia virginica
| woodwaxen
woodsy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective woodsy has 2 senses
- woodsy(s = adj.all) Array - characteristic or suggestive of woods; "a fresh woodsy fragrance"
- woodsy(s = adj.all) arboraceous, arboreous, woody - abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway" Derived forms noun woods1, noun woodsiness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
woodsy, a.
Of or pertaining to the woods or forest. [1913 Webster]
"It [sugar making] is woodsy, and savors of trees."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
woodsy, adj. US like or characteristic of woods.
Etymology
irreg. f. WOOD + -Y(1)
THESAURUS
woodsy
afforestational, arboreous, backwoodsman, bosky, braky, bumpkin, bushy, clodhopper, copsy, dendrologic, forest, forestal, forested, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, reforestational, rube, scrubby, shrubby, silvicultural, sylvan, timbered, wooded, woodland, woody
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