Definition of arborescent in English:
arborescent
adjective ˌɑːbəˈrɛs(ə)ntˌɑrbəˈrɛs(ə)nt
Botany Resembling a tree in growth or appearance.
Example sentencesExamples
- An amazing find of crystallized arborescent copper groups was made at the Central mine town site in spring 1999.
- In the late 1950s and early 1960s Santa Rita was the source of a large number of beautifully sharp, lustrous cuprite crystals coating arborescent and wiry masses of native copper.
- Steve Whelan supplied valuable information on the discovery of the arborescent copper groups at the Central mine and allowed specimens in his personal collection to be photographed.
- The calcareous outcrop area in Leeds, St. Clair County, Alabama, is a site with soils too thin to support woody arborescent vegetation and is subjected to frequent scouring from a near-by stream, keeping it in an open sunny condition.
- Quercus virginiana was the only arborescent species found at all five middens.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Latin arborescent- 'growing into a tree', from arborescere, from arbor 'tree'.
Definition of arborescent in US English:
arborescent
adjectiveˌɑrbəˈrɛs(ə)ntˌärbəˈres(ə)nt
Botany Resembling a tree in growth or appearance.
Example sentencesExamples
- Quercus virginiana was the only arborescent species found at all five middens.
- Steve Whelan supplied valuable information on the discovery of the arborescent copper groups at the Central mine and allowed specimens in his personal collection to be photographed.
- In the late 1950s and early 1960s Santa Rita was the source of a large number of beautifully sharp, lustrous cuprite crystals coating arborescent and wiry masses of native copper.
- The calcareous outcrop area in Leeds, St. Clair County, Alabama, is a site with soils too thin to support woody arborescent vegetation and is subjected to frequent scouring from a near-by stream, keeping it in an open sunny condition.
- An amazing find of crystallized arborescent copper groups was made at the Central mine town site in spring 1999.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Latin arborescent- ‘growing into a tree’, from arborescere, from arbor ‘tree’.