dendroid
Americanadjective
adjective
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freely branching; arborescent; treelike
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(esp of tree ferns) having a tall trunklike stem
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Etymology
Origin of dendroid
1840–50; < Greek dendroeidḗs treelike, equivalent to dendr- dendr- + -oeidēs -oid
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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)
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)
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)
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