arboreous

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arboreous

/ɑɹˈbɚ.iəs/ US

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From Latin arbor (“tree”).

adjective

Having the characteristics of a tree. (of a plant) 1684, Thomas Browne, “Observations upon Several Plants Mention’d in Scripture” in Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: Charles Mearne, pp. 28-29, For the Parable may not […] imply any or every grain of Mustard, but point at such a grain as from its fertile spirit, and other concurrent advantages, hath
Similar: ligneous, woody · Opposite: herbaceous
Covered or filled with trees. But among Authours, we meet with nothing more frequent, and indeed more celebrated, than those Arboreous amenities and Plantations of Woods, which they call’d Luci;
Similar: wooded
obsolete Growing on trees. And those fruites whiche Galene calleth arboreous, are those growing vppon trees.
obsolete Having a tree-like, branching structure. The arboreous ramification of the Meditallium of the Cerebellum appearing, being cut right downwards.
Similar: dendritic

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@misc{arboreous_2026,
  title = {arboreous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arboreous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}