Any of several Old World plants of the genus Ononis, having woody stems, axillary pink or purplish flowers, and trifoliate leaves with dentate leaflets.
tree-fern e fern with an upright woody stem
The Guy pulled a stump of wood up next to me at the table, and watched me chew through the sautéed woody stems.
The tough outer covering of the woody stems and roots of trees, shrubs, and other woody includes all tissues outside the vascular cambium.
