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Definition of Arborous
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or formed by trees. "An arborous roof"
Derivative terms: Arbor, Arbor, Arbor, Arbor
Partainyms: Tree, Tree, Tree, Tree
Definition of Arborous
1. a. Formed by trees.
Definition of Arborous
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Formed by trees. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arborous
1. pertaining to trees [adj]
Medical Definition of Arborous
1. Formed by trees. "From under shady, arborous roof." (Milton) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arborous
Literary usage of Arborous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain Systematically Investigated by Andrew Ure (1836)
"... the gossypium Barbadense, or the West India cotton, belongs to the arborous kind.
The cotton-tree,, bom- bax ..."
2. The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Sweden and Norway: With an Account of the by Llewellyn Lloyd (1867)
"... though never so low down as to be within the limits of arborous vegetation.* .
" When one is abroad of a winter's morning OO before dawn," he says, ..."
3. The Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach by John O'Donovan, Giolla Iosa Mor MacFirbis (1844)
"... which he called Leaba an eich bhuidhe, ie the bed of the yellow steed. '
The fraternity of the arborous Built, ie the friars of the ..."
4. Field Sports of the North of Europe: Comprised in a Personal Narrative of a by Llewelyn Lloyd (1831)
"... but the dal ripa, on the contrary, is only to be met with within the range of
arborous vegetation. Though this bird is to be found all over the forest, ..."
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