What does the word woody mean?

Usage examples for woody

  1. Their banks, between 8000 and 14, 000 feet, are generally clothed with rhododendrons, sometimes to the almost total exclusion of other woody vegetation, especially near the snowy mountains- a cool temperature and great humidity being the most favourable conditions for the luxuriant growth of this genus. – Himalayan Journals V2. by J. D. Hooker
  2. The first five miles of our route was through a woody country; we then reached a level plain nearly destitute of wood. – The Journal Of A Mission To The Interior Of Africa, In The Year 1805 by Mungo Park