Adjective, : a woody vegetable. From Dictionary.com.
As a man, I'm enjoying exploring these darker, woodier rose scents. From Wordnik.com. [Perfume Review: L'Artisan Voleur de Rose] Reference
She's from the Keanu Reeves school of acting (more woodier than wood). From Wordnik.com. [Sci Fi (SyFy) Orders Three 'New' Mini-Series] Reference
It seems to me to be a woodier and a little more floral take on the original. From Wordnik.com. [What Men Like... Review of Kenzo Winter Flowers] Reference
On male skin it smells smokier, woodier and more arrogant...just the way I like 'em. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
It is closest to the Haitian vetiver, only woodier and with a certain floralcy to it. From Wordnik.com. [Decoding Obscure Notes Part VII: Vetiver - Earthy? Woody? Green?] Reference
It may have something to do with the season, the later in the season, the woodier the cores. From Wordnik.com. [Parsnip Fries ◄ | A Veggie Venture] Reference
The latter being very soft and even slightly powdery and woodier and quite similar to the absolute. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
Overall, if I were to change it, I might give it a woodier and drier aspect to offset its sweet creaminess. From Wordnik.com. [Unnatural acts with natural ingredients: experiments in perfumery] Reference
It becomes woodier and slightly more lemony and more unisex as it gets on, finally adding a hint of peppery patchouli. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
Everything's a little more focused -- the flavors are more harmonious, the wood notes even woodier, the sweet notes even sweeter. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Sachs: When the Leaves Turn Brown, So Does the Booze: Three New Whiskeys for Autumn] Reference
If using a woodier green like beet greens, chard, or kale, mix it in earlier than I do with the arugula so it has proper time to wilt. From Wordnik.com. [Sitcom Risotto] Reference
You just use a very light pressure where you're beginning to peel and heavier pressure as you move towards the woodier base of the stalk. From Wordnik.com. [Asparagus with Morels and an XL Digression, blah-di-blah blah.] Reference
The dry down is warm, rich and ambery yet somewhat dry with the prominent note being Peru Balsam oil which is woodier and less sweet than the balsam itself. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
Through the lush succulence of close-packed upper leaves and tentacles they crashed, through the heavier, woodier main branches below, 'through to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Galactic Patrol]
Both species preferred the open, windy, dry land, but the rhinos liked grass and sedge, and musk-oxen, true to the goatlike creatures they were, browsed on woodier brush. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
While Sables brilliantly plays up the slightly sticky nature of that accord with its heavy and almost gourmand sense of maple sugar and smoky bourbon, Eau Noire is drier, woodier and greener. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
As always, I strongly advise you to pound the woodier ingredients in a mortar first (lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime peel/leaves, cilantro root if using -- some recipes call for it but I do not here). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference
Sooo, we cut a few of those and set them aside for our salad, snag a few pretty tips for a soup garnish, and use everything else, including all but the very ends of the dubious woodier parts for the soup. From Wordnik.com. [The Asparagus Follies: Two Ways To Gild the Lily] Reference
Depending on the tree, cuttings can be of either green, new growth produced during the current season, called softwood cuttings, or older, woodier shoots from the previous season or earlier, called hardwood cuttings. From Wordnik.com. [5. How plants live and grow] Reference
The Collings seems a touch brighter, the Weber a bit woodier. From Wordnik.com. [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference
As it dries down it gets a bit muskier and woodier, and despite the list of notes I don't find the fragrance particularly "feminine.". From Wordnik.com. [Perfume Posse] Reference
Paul Rivinius has a superb instrument and he coaxes some very beautiful sounds from it; those looking for a woodier sound will be surprised. From Wordnik.com. [Audiophile Audition Headlines] Reference
It had a woodier nose, bright fruit and the taste of roasted hazelnuts and brown butter in the mouth, with a refreshing finish of lemon and apple. From Wordnik.com. [RVABlogs] Reference
The base is warmer and woodier, with a velvety but not quite powdery finish, and despite an increasingly strong honey note, it keeps the sweetness mostly under control. From Wordnik.com. [Now Smell This] Reference
The sappy green twig-tips of the season's growth would not, she thought, be appreciably woodier on the day she became a wife, so near was the time; the tints of the foliage would hardly have changed. From Wordnik.com. [The Woodlanders] Reference
"soul-growths," have a deeper, tougher woodier root in our soil. From Wordnik.com. [Afoot in England] Reference
It’s rather like a bamboo shoot in texture only woodier, and it’s very refreshing on a hot day. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Why aren’t they here defending that quivering mass of manflab that gets their woodies even woodier?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rush Limbaugh: ‘I love the women’s movement — especially when walking behind it.’] Reference
Some cores are woodier than others. From Wordnik.com. [Parsnip Fries ◄ | A Veggie Venture] Reference
I like my roses much darker and woodier. From Wordnik.com. [Perfume Review: Amouage Lyric Man] Reference
Or maybe you want it to have a woodier sound. From Wordnik.com. [Gearwire -] Reference
"It's woodier, it's a shade warmer. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
But, I have put away lighter floral things, dragged out heavier, smokier, woodier, amber, vanilla. From Wordnik.com. [Top 10 of Autumn] Reference
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