arborescent
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of arborescent
1665–75; < Latin arborēscent- (stem of arborēscēns ), present participle of arborēscere to grow into a tree. See arbor 3, -escent
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From there, the GRR1 heads northwest into a dense and impossibly wet woodland wreathed in arborescent ferns and carpeted with beds of moss two feet deep.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
Searching for trees in these spindly, barely arborescent paintings feels valid and foolish at once.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2017
Leafless, spiny, arborescent shrubs, three to ten feet high, with elongated, cylindrical joints, covered with oblong tubercles which bear from three to eight spines.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Of these last the Juniper was remarkable for its abundance and large size, so as to be almost arborescent.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Carl von Linn?
They bear a very close resemblance to the arborescent frost flowers seen on window panes in winter, and to the stellate snow crystals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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