Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dendrite \Den"drite\, n. [Gr. dendri`ths, fem. dendri^tis, of a
tree, fr. de`ndron a tree: cf. F. dendrite.] (Min.)
A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures
resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral,
usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a
crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold
or silver; an arborization. Dendritic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dendrite
n 1: short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the
neuron