adjective
- Inhabiting or frequenting trees.
- usage: "arboreal apes"
- synonyms: arboreal, tree-living
- Abounding in trees.
- usage: "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway"
- synonyms: arboraceous, woodsy, woody
- Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
- usage: "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda"; "dendriform sponges"
- synonyms: arboreal, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped
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