Woody in a sentence as an adjective

Lignin is an astoundingly complex polymer* that plants use as "concrete" to create their woody cells.

" and "The first plants to develop this secondary growth, and a woody habit, were apparently the ferns, and as early as the middle Devonian one species, Wattieza, had already reached heights of 8 m and a tree-like habit.

Woody definitions

adjective

made of or containing or resembling wood; "woody plants"; "perennial herbs with woody stems"; "a woody taste"

adjective

abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway"

See also: arboraceous arboreous woodsy

adjective

made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls