Sentence examples for thin woody from inspiring English sources

"We used them to great effect in the Big Brother eye – when you have to use a lot of tightly packed flowers with vibrant colours, carnations are just the thing because they have a big head and a thin woody stem, and are good value.

Fruits c. 7.5 mm in diameter, c. 4.5 mm high, opening completely septicidal and partly to completely loculicidal, exocarp separating from meso- and endocarp, wall thin, woody when dry, smooth, glabrous; columella broadly triangular, 2‒2.3 mm high.

On the whole, they look thin, woody and serious.

The thin woody spikes that did not develop follicles were used as nasal ornaments by aboriginal women, and flower spikes were used as combs.

The word "pequi", which originates from the Tupi Guarani language, means "spiny-skinned fruit", a reference to the shell covered with thin woody spikes, protecting the seeds [ 6].

Its fruit is used as a vitamin source for culinary purposes and as a source of oil for the manufacture of cosmetics [ 9]. "Pequi" (originates from the Tupi Guarani language) means "spiny-skinned fruit", which refers to a shell covered with thin woody spikes, protecting the seeds [ 10].

Whether the spears are thick or thin, the woody ends should be cut off and discarded before the spears are boiled.

The Haitian boy's kite starts with thin sticks — woody reeds or straight twigs scraped smooth with a razor blade and cut to equal length, about eight inches.

At 2500 meters, the moss thins and woody vines snake through the trees.

The large, barrel-shaped, resinous female cones, greenish or purplish, are borne on short stalks; they are covered by broad, thin, closely overlapping woody scales, each with a clawlike projection.

Bark is usually thinner than the woody part of the stem or root.