dendroid

American

[den-droid] / ˈdɛn drɔɪd /

Also dendroidal

adjective

treelike; branching like a tree; arborescent.

dendroid British

/ dɛnˈdrɔɪdəl, ˈdɛndrɔɪd /

adjective

freely branching; arborescent; treelike
(esp of tree ferns) having a tall trunklike stem

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Other Word Forms

nondendroid adjective
nondendroidal adjective
subdendroid adjective
subdendroidal adjective

Etymology

Origin of dendroid

1840–50; < Greek dendroeidḗs treelike, equivalent to dendr- dendr- + -oeidēs -oid

Example Sentences

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Ragged, dendroid stems arise, dissipated above into a network most intricate, a "pleached arbor" if you please.

From Project Gutenberg

In Central American and some North American specimens, the branching is very different; the twigs leave the columella at various points almost down to the annulus, and the entire effect is dendroid.

From Project Gutenberg

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