Definitions
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- adjective having a woody stem
Etymologies
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Examples
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Poison ivy is rarely desirable, but the orange-red leaves of this woody-stemmed vine are quite ornamental.
Nature hit snooze button on foliage, just now starting to pop
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These are beautiful and floriferous, woody-stemmed small shrubs.
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Only the woody-stemmed rosemary would last the winter.
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And the only drawback to climbing roses is their bare legs; I use their woody-stemmed canes as living supports for loose-limbed, delicate vines such as clematis, love-in-a-puff and sweet peas or I plant perennials or shrubs in front of them.
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Their only draw back is their bare legs so I use the woody-stemmed canes of the roses as living supports for loose-limbed, delicate vines such as clematis, love-in-a puff, honeysuckle and sweet peas.
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In most cases, woody-stemmed tropicals should not be cut back until early spring unless you can't fit them into the house!
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In spite of their relatively compact size, each adult mammoth consumed large quantities of food every day, primarily woody-stemmed tall grass and occasional small trees.
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By clearing away the woody-stemmed tallgrass and small trees, a place was made for richer forbs and new grass to grow, food that was essential to several of the other inhabitants of the steppes.
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For very woody-stemmed crops like cotton, pull the plants up and chop or grind them into six inch or smaller pieces.
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= Southernwood = (_Artemisia Abrotanum_, Linn.), a woody-stemmed perennial belonging to the Compositæ and a native of southern Europe.
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