| word | dendroid |
|---|---|
| definition | Resembling a tree in form. |
| eg_sentence | The reef was a fantastic jungle, its dendroid corals resembling luminous, poisonous trees in a landscape of bizarre beauty. |
| explanation | Dendrology is the study of trees, and those who do the studying are called dendrologists. So dendroid describes something that “branches” in all directions from a central “trunk” in an irregular way. The word is almost always used by biologists, who often speak of dendroid seaweeds, dendroid moss, and dendroid algae |
| IPA | dendroid* |
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