ligneous

adj.
Consisting of or having the texture or appearance of wood; woody.

[From Latin ligneus, from lignum, wood.]

(LIG-nee-uhs)

adjective
Consisting of or having the texture or appearance of wood; woody.

Etymology
From Latin ligneus, from lignum, wood.

Usage
"A profusion of water gives to South America its amazing forests; a want inflicts on Australia its shadeless trees, with their shrunken and pointed leaves. With the diminished moisture the green gardens of France are replaced in Gobi by ligneous plants covered with a gray down." — Draper, John William M.D., LL.D., History Of The Intellectual Development Of Europe: Chapter II: Part I., History of the World, Jan 1, 1992.

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Woody.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (botany) consisting of or containing lignin or xylem

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