dendroid

American  

[den-droid] / ˈdɛn drɔɪd /

Also dendroidal

adjective

1. treelike; branching like a tree; arborescent.

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dendroid British  

/ dɛnˈdrɔɪdəl, ˈdɛndrɔɪd /

adjective

1. freely branching; arborescent; treelike

2. (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

The sporophores are inclined to be simple, stipitate and dendroid.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

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 The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

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

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)