ARBORESCENT

arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped

(adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure; “arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda”; “dendriform sponges”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

arborescent (comparative more arborescent, superlative most arborescent)

Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to that of a tree; branching.

(philosophy) Marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and dualism (as opposed to the rhizome theory).

Source: Wiktionary


Ar`bo*res"cent, a. Etym: [L. arborescens, p. pr. of arborescere to become a tree, fr. arbor tree.]

Definition: Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree. "Arborescent hollyhocks." Evelyn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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