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arbor vine |
arbor vitæ |
arboraceous |
arborary |
arborator |
arboreal
| arboreal salamander
| arbored
| arboreous
| arborescence
| arborescent
arboreal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective arboreal has 3 senses
- arboreal(a = adj.pert) arborary, arborical, arborous - of or relating to or formed by trees; "an arborous roof" Derived form noun arbor1
- arboreal(a = adj.all) arboreous, tree-living - inhabiting or frequenting trees; "arboreal apes" Antonym: nonarboreal
- arboreal(s = adj.all) arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike - resembling a tree in form and branching structure; "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda"; "dendriform sponges" Derived forms noun arbor3, noun arbor1
CIDE DICTIONARY
arboreal, a.
- Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees. Cowley. [1913 Webster]
- Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals. [1913 Webster]"Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
arboreal, adj. of, living in, or connected with trees.
Etymology
L arboreus f. arbor tree
THESAURUS
arboreal
V-shaped, Y-shaped, arborary, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arborical, arboriform, biforked, bifurcate, bifurcated, branched, branching, branchlike, bushlike, bushy, citrous, coniferous, crotched, deciduous, dendriform, dendritic, dendroid, evergreen, forked, forking, forklike, furcate, hardwood, nondeciduous, piny, pronged, ramous, scrubbly, scrubby, scrublike, shrubby, shrublike, softwood, tree-shaped, treelike, tridentlike, trifurcate, trifurcated
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