arboraceous


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arboraceous

(ˌɑːbəˈreɪʃəs)
adj
1. (Forestry) resembling a tree
2. (Forestry) wooded
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Adj.1.arboraceous - abounding in treesarboraceous - abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway"
arboreous, woodsy, woody
wooded - covered with growing trees and bushes etc; "wooded land"; "a heavily wooded tract"
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We were in the middle of a broad and now sluggish river the banks of which were lined by giant, arboraceous ferns, raising their mighty fronds fifty, one hundred, two hundred feet into the quiet air.
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Arboraceous (Arboreous)--From Latin arbor; treelike, or pertaining to trees.
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