单词 | arboreous |
释义 | arboreousadj. 1. Abounding in trees, wooded. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded woodland1351 woody1382 well-woodeda1552 well-timbered1567 wooded1605 nemorous1623 arboreous1664 sylvan1667 timbered1701 wood-bound1710 wood-hung1747 forested1796 wooden1816 clumped1819 clumpy1832 tree-clad1836 loggy1851 treey1852 treeful1855 treed1860 groved1876 woodlanded1945 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) 604 Those arboreous amenities and plantation of woods. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 166 That arboreous condition of our country. 2. = arboreal adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > [adjective] treen1340 arbory1572 arboreous1646 arborical1655 arborary1656 arboral1657 arboreala1667 arborous1667 arborean1838 dendral1874 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 98 They surely speake probably who make it [i.e. misseltoe] an arboreous excrescence. View more context for this quotation 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The Arboreous bird, by which he means, the barnacle. 1833 Blackwood's Mag. 34 280 Their [Cigalas'] arboreous disposition. 3. = arborescent adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > [adjective] > tree-like arborescent1679 arboreous1753 arboraceous1847 arboriform1848 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. An Arboreous cloud..a cloudy meteor resembling the appearance of a tree. 1772 J. Forster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 58 The plant..is arboreous, with small leaves. 1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) vi. 76 Leaflets ovate. Stem arboreous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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