dendro-

dendro-

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Examples of words with the root dendro-: dendroid

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dendro-

or dendri- or dendr-

pref.

Tree; treelike: dendrochronology.

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[From Greek dendron, tree; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

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dendro-

,

dendri-

or before a vowel

dendr-

combining form

tree: dendrochronology; dendrite.

[New Latin, from Greek, from dendron tree]

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dendro-

a combining form meaning “tree”: dendrology. Compare dendri-, -dendron.

[< Greek, comb. form of déndron]

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