woods

Woods

biographical name

Tiger 1975u2013u2002u2002u2002u2002 {it}Eldrick Woods{/it} American golfer

wood

adjective

{bc}{sx|wooden||}

wood

verb

{bc}to gather or take on wood

wood

noun

{bc}the hard fibrous substance consisting basically of xylem that makes up the greater part of the stems, branches, and roots of trees or shrubs beneath the bark and is found to a limited extent in herbaceous plants

wood

adjective

{bc}violently mad

Woods, Lake of the

geographical name

lake in Ontario, Manitoba, and Minnesota southeast of Lake Winnipeg {it}area{/it} 1679 square miles (4349 square kilometers)

chicken of the woods

noun phrase

{bc}an edible {d_link|bracket fungus|bracket fungus} ({it}Laetiporus sulphureus{/it}) of North America and Europe that forms thick, fleshy, shelflike fruiting bodies (as on tree trunks) which are usually bright orange above and sulfur yellow below

hen of the woods

noun

{bc}an edible {d_link|bracket fungus|bracket fungus} (Grifola frondosa) of North America and Eurasia that forms large clusters of pale gray to brown {d_link|fruiting bodies|fruiting body} comprised of wavy, fanlike caps found usually at the base of trees and that is valued for its earthy flavor and medicinal properties {bc}{sx|maitake||}

piney woods

plural noun

{bc}woodland of the southern U.S. in which pines are the dominant tree

Bret*ton Woods

geographical name

resort in northern New Hampshire that was the site of a conference in July 1944 at which the International Monetary Fund was established