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arborescent
[ ahr-buh-res-uhnt ]
adjective
- treelike in size and form.
arborescent
/ ˌɑːbəˈrɛsənt /
adjective
- having the shape or characteristics of a tree
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Derived Forms
- ˌarboˈrescence, noun
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Other Words From
- arbo·rescence noun
- arbo·rescent·ly adverb
- subar·bo·rescence noun
- subar·bo·rescent adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of arborescent1
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Example Sentences
In botany, a genus of magnificent arborescent grasses, of the nat.
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The Palm-tree is, in Egypt, as in all the oases, the principal element of the arborescent vegetation.
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Arborescent: Branched or tree-like, beset with branched hair-like extensions (Fig. 150, e).
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Arborescent; corallites arranged somewhat spirally on branches and widely separated; branches compact between corallites.
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These start branches, and so the process goes on, and in time the colony becomes much branched and arborescent in form.
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