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Definition of Dendroid
1. Adjective. Resembling a tree in form and branching structure. "Dendriform sponges"
Similar to: Branchy
Derivative terms: Arbor, Arbor, Arbor
Definition of Dendroid
1. a. Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.
Definition of Dendroid
1. shaped like a tree [adj]
Medical Definition of Dendroid
1. Tree-like in form but not in size. Compare: arborescent. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dendroid
Literary usage of Dendroid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"NTone of these dendroid graptolites has yet been found attached to any other body.
Their proximal termination is usually imperfect, and often has an ..."
2. Mosses with Hand-lens and Microscope: A Non-technical Hand-book of the More by Abel Joel Grout (1903)
"On the edges of pools and on sticks and stones in pools the stems are decumbent,
irregularly branching, often floating, dendroid secondary stems rarely ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1903)
"Locality.—Aire Coastal Beds (Hall and Pritchard). This is a very delicate species
and evidently dendroid ; the avicularia are very prominent and rival the ..."
4. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1875)
"Mr. Hopkinson, in reply, stated that the dendroid forms are only known to occur in
... He remarked that he did not consider the dendroid forms valuable for ..."
5. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"On the upper surface of the leaf, near its base, the ligule is seated : it appears
to have been a constant feature in the dendroid ..."
6. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology by Geological Survey of Canada (1899)
"A number of fragments, from \ to 2 inches long, of a dendroid coral with cylindrical
branches, about 4 mm. thick, from the Niagara formation at Thorold, ..."
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