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resembling a tree in form and branching structure
dendriform sponges
arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda
How To Use treelike In A Sentence
- Wetter areas up to about 6,000 ft (1,800 m) support a forest that includes one of the principal lumber trees, the ohia; found with it are treelike ferns. Hawaiian Islands Province (Bailey)
- Biologists often specify the evolutionary relationships among organisms via a treelike diagram called a cladogram.
- Dendritic" (treelike) immune cells send branches into the respiratory and digestive tracts, where they sample all the microbes we inhale or swallow.
- A second treelike system, running parallel and powered by direct-current electrical signals rooted in the brain stem, was also known and mapped by direct, intuitive science and was called the acupuncture meridians. Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar
- A number of houseplants, including schefflera, Japanese aralia, and shrubby or treelike figs, benefit from pruning to shape them as they grow. SFGate: Top News Stories
- Arborescent and dendritic are terms that mean ‘treelike ‘- from the Latin arbor and the Greek dendron.’
- Arborescent and dendritic are terms that mean ‘treelike ‘- from the Latin arbor and the Greek dendron.’
- A branching , treelike shape or arrangement , as that of the dendrite of a nerve cell.
- Dendritic" (treelike) immune cells send branches into the respiratory and digestive tracts, where they sample all the microbes we inhale or swallow.
- Depending upon your point of view, smoke tree or smoke bush (Cotinus coggygria, zones 4 to 8) is a treelike shrub or shrubby tree.