tree-shaped

1. 1.

   resembling a tree in form and branching structure

   “arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda”

   “dendriform sponges”

   Synonymsarborealarboreousarborescentarboresquearboriformdendriformdendroiddendroidaltreelike

   Similarbranchy

Questions about tree-shaped

What does tree-shaped mean?

tree-shaped means "resembling a tree in form and branching structure".

How many syllables are in tree-shaped?

tree-shaped has 2 syllables: tree--shaped. The stress falls on "tree-".

What is another word for tree-shaped?

Close synonyms include arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform. 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 tree-shaped a common word?

tree-shaped 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.