arborescent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite resembling a tree in form and branching structure
    arboresque; tree-shaped; treelike; arboreal; dendriform; arboriform; arboreous; dendroidal; dendroid.
    • arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda
    • dendriform sponges

WordNet

Ar`bo*res"cent adjective
Etymology
L. arborescens, p. pr. of arborescere to become a tree, fr. arbor tree.
Definitions
  1. Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree. "Arborescent hollyhocks." Evelyn.

Webster 1913