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单词 arborescent
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Definition of arborescent in English:

arborescent

adjective ˌɑːbəˈrɛs(ə)ntˌɑrbəˈrɛs(ə)nt
Botany
  • Resembling a tree in growth or appearance.

    arborescent succulents
    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.

Derivatives

  • arborescence

  • noun ɑːbəˈrɛs(ə)nsˌɑrbəˈrɛsns
    Botany
    • A directed graph is called an arborescence if, from a given node known as the root vertex, there is exactly one elementary path to every other node.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Borrichia arborescence and Vigna luteola were among the common plants found in tropical scrub habitats extending from the beach to the interior of the islands.
      • The independent evolution of arborescence in nearly all major groups of plants was key to the development of multistratal forests in some habitats at this time.

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.

    arborescent ferns
    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’.

 
 
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