adjective
- not having woody tissue; lacking the hard, fibrous structure characteristic of wood
Usage: botanical
Examples
- Nonwoody plants like grasses and flowers have soft, flexible stems.
- The garden contained both woody shrubs and nonwoody perennials.
- Most vegetables are nonwoody plants that die back each winter.
- Botanists classify plants as either woody or nonwoody based on their stem structure.
- Nonwoody stems bend easily and contain less lignin than tree branches.
- The herbaceous border featured only nonwoody flowering plants.