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arboreous, a.|ɑːˈbɔərɪəs|
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
1. Abounding in trees, wooded.
1664Evelyn Sylva (1776) 604 Those arboreous amenities and plantation of woods. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. (1858) 166 That arboreous condition of our country.
2. = arboreal.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 98 They surely speake probably who make it [i.e. misseltoe] an arboreous excrescence. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., The Arboreous bird, by which he means, the barnacle. 1833Blackw. Mag. XXXIV. 280 Their [Cigalas'] arboreous disposition.
3. = arborescent.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., An Arboreous cloud..a cloudy meteor resembling the appearance of a tree. 1772Forster in Phil. Trans. LXII. 58 The plant..is arboreous, with small leaves. 1845Lindley Sch. Bot. vi. (1858) 76 Leaflets ovate. Stem arboreous. |