treelike
Americanadjective
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But it’s not because he’s stopped working, or hired an assistant — he’s just making his abstract, treelike assemblages of carved cherry and walnut out of slightly smaller pieces.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2023
The shores near the river’s mouth have long been sculpted by the incoming and outgoing tides, which have left branching treelike patterns imprinted in the sands.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2023
There are also oddities like the sculpted head of treelike Marvel superhero Groot, which won her father and fellow mosaic artist Steve Morgan, a prize at Yakima’s Central City Comic Con a few years ago.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2022
Vin Diesel’s performance in “The Iron Giant” spoke to the qualities she wanted to highlight in the treelike being from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise who famously only pronounces, “I am Groot.”
From Washington Post • May 11, 2019
He looked up: A giant stood before him, twenty feet high, its head hidden in shadow, nothing but its treelike, hairy shins illuminated by light from the castle doors.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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