woody; having a woody stem
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woody; having a woody stem
formalUsed in botany to classify plants (e.g., trees, shrubs) with hard, fibrous stems, as opposed to herbaceous (草本) plants. Often used as an attributive adjective.
Xiàng橡
shù树
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
diǎn典
xíng型
de的
mù木
běn本
zhí植
wù物
。
The oak tree is a typical type of woody plant.
Yán研
jiū究
yuán园
zhōng中
jì既
yǒu有
cǎo草
běn本
huā花
huì卉
，
yě也
yǒu有
mù木
běn本
zhí植
wù物
。
The research garden contains both herbaceous flowers and woody plants.
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Mù木
běn本
zhí植
wù物
de的
jīng茎
gàn干
tōng通
cháng常
hěn很
jiān坚
yìng硬
。
The stems of woody plants are usually very hard.
Qū区
fēn分
mù木
běn本
yǔ与
cǎo草
běn本
zhí植
wù物
shì是
zhí植
wù物
xué学
de的
jī基
chǔ础
。
Distinguishing between woody and herbaceous plants is fundamental to botany.
Zhè这
kē棵
mù木
běn本
zhí植
wù物
yǐ已
jīng经
shēng生
zhǎng长
le了
chāo超
guò过
yī一
bǎi百
nián年
。
This woody plant has been growing for over a hundred years.