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Arboriform

Treelike in shape.

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Branchy 84% connected

Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Branchy 84% connected

Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Arboreal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Arboreous 92% connected

Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Arborescent 92% connected

Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dendriform 92% connected

Resembling in structure a tree or shrub.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dendroid 92% connected

Alt. of Dendroidal

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dendroidal 92% connected

Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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