arboresce

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UK/ɑːbəˈrɛs/US/ˌɑɹbəˈrɛs/

verb

To become a tree or tree-like, branching.

OriginLatin arboresco →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbarboresce (third-person singular simple present arboresces, present participle arborescing, simple past and past participle arboresced)

present singular third person arboresces · participle present arborescing · participle past arboresced · past arboresced

  1. To become a tree or tree-like, branching.

    The arteries arboresce copiously upon the reticular coat of the muscular fibre, and in warm-blooded animals these vessels are of sufficient capacity to admit the red particles of blood, but the intrinsic matter of muscle, contained within the ultimate cylinder, has no red particles.

    1805, Royal Society, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, volume 95

Origin

  1. Latinarboresco
  2. Englisharboresce

From Latin arboresco.

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Translations

Portuguese arborescer, arvorecer
  • arborescerto become a tree or tree-like
  • arvorecerto become a tree or tree-like
Spanish arborecer
  • arborecerto become a tree or tree-like

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with arboresce

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APA

arboresce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arboresce

MLA

“arboresce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arboresce. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arboresce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arboresce.

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