"A.Word.A.Day"
with Anu Garg
A happy 2011 to all! The United Nations has declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests. Well, every year should be the year of forests. We start the new year with words related to the plant kingdom.
dendroid
PRONUNCIATION:
(DEN-droid)
MEANING:
adjective: Resembling, branching like, or shaped like a tree.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek dendron (tree). Earliest documented use: 1846.
USAGE:
"Above, branches spread a dendroid filigree across the sky."
Angus Wells; Dark Magic: The Godwars; Bantam; 1992.
Explore "dendroid" in the Visual Thesaurus.
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