Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arborescent"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Arborescent \Ar`bo*res"cent\, a. [L. arborescens, p. pr. of
arborescere to become a tree, fr. arbor tree.]
Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having
crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a
tree. ``Arborescent hollyhocks.'' --Evelyn.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

arborescent
adj : resembling a tree in form and branching structure;
"arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda";
"dendriform sponges" [syn: {arboreal}, {arboreous}, {arboresque},
{arboriform}, {dendriform}, {dendroid}, {dendroidal},
{treelike}, {tree-shaped}]


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