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resembling a tree in form and branching structure
dendriform sponges
arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda
How To Use arborescent In A Sentence
- Insects cut veins in plants with arborescent resin canals or in plants with laticiferous ducts that do not reticulate.
- Quercus virginiana was the only arborescent species found at all five middens.
- The most curious tree is one which with the true appearance of an Elaeagnus, seems to be a Loranthus, the first arborescent species yet found, although, as one or two other exceptions occur to parasitism, there is no reason why there should not be a terrestrial arborescent species, as well as a fruticose one. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
- -- The drug called aloes is the bitter, resinous, inspissated juice of the leaves of various species of an arborescent plant of the lily family, with a developed stem and large succulent leaves, growing principally in tropical and sub-tropical regions, and having a wide extent of range, being produced in Borneo and the East, Africa, The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, o
- Sayor calappa and Olus calappoides, describes it as an arborescent species of osmunda. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
- It has evergreen and deciduous trees with two stories of trees 12-15 and 5-10 m high, some thorny shrubs, columnar or arborescent cactaceae, other succulents, herbaceae, epiphytes and dry lianas. Cuban dry forests
- An amazing find of crystallized arborescent copper groups was made at the Central mine town site in spring 1999.
- The Albert and Argent mines, South Africa, have produced arborescent masses of silver, some to several kilograms in weight and often in, or associated intimately with, bornite.
- There are however abundant columnar and arborescent cacti including Opuntia excelsa, Pachycereus spp., Jalisco dry forests
- On some parts of the plains the arborescent cacti (cholla) are also common. American Semidesert and Desert Province (Bailey)