arboresque

Questions about arboresque

What does arboresque mean?

arboresque means "resembling a tree in form and branching structure".

How many syllables are in arboresque?

arboresque has 4 syllables: ar-bo-re-sque. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for arboresque?

Close synonyms include arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arboresque a common word?

arboresque is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.