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arboreal

[ahr-bawr-ee-uhl, -bohr-] / ɑrˈbɔr i əl, -ˈboʊr- /
ADJECTIVE
relating to a tree
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arborescent arborous
STRONG
branchy


Example Sentences

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Standing on a lot redolent of fresh-cut poplar and littered with arboreal debris — tree chunks as large as small cars that were once a 108-foot-tall living organism — Zumot said the choice was easy.

From Washington Post

The Walt Disney Company’s secretive research and development division, Imagineering, had promised a walking, talking, emoting Groot, as if the arboreal “Avengers” character had jumped off the screen and was living among us.

From New York Times

“Ghost Forest” uses towering dead Atlantic white cedars to create a temporary copse of arboreal skeletons.

From Washington Post

In the context of the park’s arboreal luxe they make an odd sight, because they’re leafless, and clearly dead or dying.

From New York Times

In the 1960s, the city snubbed its own native trees to name another South African beauty, the coral tree, as our official arboreal symbol.

From Los Angeles Times