woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stemsbugbane - a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects aralia - any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers combretum - any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers bush clover, lespedeza - shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States lupin, lupine - any plant of the genus Lupin; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers bignoniad - any woody plant of the family Bignoniaceae gesneriad - any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia figwort - any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia nightshade - any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit xylem - the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels lignosae - a category in some early taxonomies tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches bramble - any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines |