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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. of or relating to or formed by trees;
- Example: "an arborous roof"
[syn: arborical, arboreal, arborary, arborous]

2. inhabiting or frequenting trees;
- Example: "arboreal apes"
[syn: arboreal, arboreous, tree-living]

3. resembling a tree in form and branching structure;
- Example: "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda"
- Example: "dendriform sponges"
[syn: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Arboreal \Ar*bo"re*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees. --Cowley. [1913 Webster] 2. Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals. [1913 Webster] Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

arboreal adj 1: of or relating to or formed by trees; "an arborous roof" [syn: arborical, arboreal, arborary, arborous] 2: inhabiting or frequenting trees; "arboreal apes" [syn: arboreal, arboreous, tree-living] [ant: nonarboreal] 3: resembling a tree in form and branching structure; "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda"; "dendriform sponges" [syn: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "arboreal": V-shaped, Y-shaped, arborary, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arborical, arboriform, biforked, bifurcate, bifurcated, branched, branching, branchlike, bushlike, bushy, citrous, coniferous, crotched, deciduous, dendriform, dendritic, dendroid, evergreen, forked, forking, forklike, furcate, hardwood, nondeciduous, piny, pronged, ramous, scrubbly, scrubby, scrublike, shrubby, shrublike, softwood, tree-shaped, treelike, tridentlike, trifurcate, trifurcated