arborescent

Meaning

1. Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to that of a tree; branching.
2. Marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and dualism (as opposed to the rhizome theory).

Synonyms

treelike

arboriform

arboresque

arboreal

arboreous

dendriform

tree-shaped

dendritic

dendroid

dendroidal

tree-like

woody

arboraceous

branching

branched

forficate

Translations

arborescente

arbóreo

arborescent

δενδροειδής

arborescente

boomachtig

arbóreo

ağaçsı

arbori

🌳

ağaç ile ilgili

Baum-

δεντρόφυτος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɑːbəˈɹɛsənt/

Etymology

From Latin arborēscēns, present active participle of arborēscō (“become a tree”). First attested around 1675. The philosophical sense refers to the way genealogy trees are drawn.