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单词 arboreous
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arboreousadj.

Brit. /ɑːˈbɔːrɪəs/, U.S. /ɑrˈbɔriəs/
Etymology: Formed as arborean adj. + -ous suffix.
1. Abounding in trees, wooded.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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