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arboreous

[ahr-bawr-ee-uhs, -bohr-] / ɑrˈbɔr i əs, -ˈboʊr- /


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The campground is an arboreous escape shaded by massive old trees and, under safe conditions, guests can enjoy a cool dip in Stuart Fork’s clear waters.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2025

Among nearly 60 selected works are his hanging scroll landscape paintings, depicting mountainous and arboreous terrain.

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2023

It is only in the torrid zone that one sees these lavish developments of verdure, these labyrinths of charming arboreous effect.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Maturin Murray Ballou

He strode down the mountain as though he had been born on its arboreous slopes.

From The Tale of Timber Town by Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus) Grace

On the banks Stravadium, and an arboreous Butea, a Combretum, are common. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith




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