ar·bo·rize

(är′bə-rīz′)

intr.v. ar·bo·rized, ar·bo·riz·ing, ar·bo·riz·es

To have or produce branching formations, as the bronchial tubes of the lungs.

[From Latin arbor, tree.]

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arborize

(ˈɑːbəˌraɪz) or

arborise

to give, or take on, a treelike branched appearanceto produce treelike branched formations

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Verb

arborize - branch out like trees; "nerve fibers arborize"

arborise

furcate, branch, fork, ramify, separate - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"

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Stolonial Movement: A New Type of Whole-Organism Behavior in Porifera

In UPUMP, the narrow mucosal folds should not arborize or branch, and "free-floating" cross-sections of fibrovascular cores should be rare or altogether absent.

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