arborizev.
/ˈɑːbərʌɪz/ a. transitive. To make tree-like, to give the appearance of a tree. Perhaps only in participial adjective.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [verb (transitive)] > give form of tree
arborize1847
1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Arborized, Applied to agates which have the ramified appearance of plants, due to the infiltration of water charged with metallic oxides.
b. intransitive. To make tree-like formations.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > parts of nerves > [verb (intransitive)] > branch
arborize1907
1907 Practitioner June 860 Some of the fibres from the posterior nerve-root pass directly into the posterior grey cornu, and arborise around cells at its base.
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