Definition of Arborescent plant

1. Noun. Having the shape or characteristics of a tree.

Specialized synonyms: Australian Grass Tree, Grass Tree
Generic synonyms: Ligneous Plant, Woody Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arborescent Plant

arborcide
arboreal
arboreal salamander
arboreality
arboreally
arboreals
arbored
arboreol
arboreols
arboreous
arbores
arborescence
arborescences
arborescent
arborescent cataract
arborescent plant (current term)
arboresque
arboret
arboreta
arborets
arboretum
arboretums
arborical
arboricidal
arboricide
arboricides
arboricities
arboricity
arboricole
arboricolous

Literary usage of Arborescent plant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"It. is remarkable botanically as being the most northern arborescent plant of the natural order ..."

2. A Class-book of botany, designed for colleges, academies, and other seminaries by Alphonso Wood (1856)
"This is almost the only arborescent plant of this order lound in the Northern States. It is 6—12f high, growing on sea-coast and river alluvion. ..."

3. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology, and by Alphonso Wood (1869)
"This is almost the only arborescent plant of this order found in the Northern States. It is 6- 12f high, growing on sea-coast and river alluvion. ..."

4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1836)
"It is remarkable botani- cally as being the most northern arborescent plant of the natural order ..."

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