arborescent
8 synonyms for arborescent, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Shaped like a tree, with branching parts.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
From Latin arborēscēns, present active participle of arborēscō (“become a tree”). First attested around 1675. The philosophical sense refers to the way genealogy trees are drawn.
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