arboreous

American  

[ahr-bawr-ee-uhs, -bohr-] / ɑrˈbɔr i əs, -ˈboʊr- /

adjective

1. abounding in trees; wooded.

2. arboreal.

3. arborescent.

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arboreous British  

/ ɑːˈbɔːrɪəs /

adjective

1. thickly wooded; having many trees

2. another word for arborescent

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Other Word Forms

• subarboreous adjective

Etymology

Origin of arboreous

1640–50; < Latin arboreus of trees, equivalent to arbor tree + -eus -eous

Example Sentences

The campground is an arboreous escape shaded by massive old trees and, under safe conditions, guests can enjoy a cool dip in Stuart Fork’s clear waters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

Among nearly 60 selected works are his hanging scroll landscape paintings, depicting mountainous and arboreous terrain.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Both Woola and I had several narrow escapes from these greedy, arboreous monsters.

From Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

An arboreous Gardenia, as at Mergui; Myrtacea, Vitex, Bauhinia of yesterday; Randia, Andropogon aciculare; some stunted bamboos were likewise observed. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

The rafts thus formed in time became consolidated by the deposition of earthy materials, leaves, twigs and vegetable matter, and are covered with a rank growth of vegetation, at first shrubby, but at last arboreous.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman