English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Arboreous
(a.)
Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss.
Arborescence
(n.)
The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a
tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that
form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.
Arborescent
(a.)
Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic;
having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.
Arboret
(n.)
A small tree or shrub.
Arboreta
(pl. )
of Arboretum
Arboretum
(n.)
A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs
is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
Arborical
(a.)
Relating to trees.
Arboricole
(a.)
Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds.
Arboricultural
(a.)
Pertaining to arboriculture.
Arboriculture
(n.)
The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for
timber or for ornamental purposes.
Arboriculturist
(n.)
One who cultivates trees.
Arboriform
(a.)
Treelike in shape.
Arborist
(n.)
One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in the
knowledge of trees.
Arborization
(n.)
The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in
minerals or fossils; a dendrite.
Arborized
(a.)
Having a treelike appearance.
Arborous
(a.)
Formed by trees.
Arbuscle
(n.)
A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a
treelike shrub.
Arbuscular
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike.
Arbustive
(a.)
Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with
shrubs.
Arbute
(n.)
The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the
Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the
arbute tree.