arboreous

[ ahr-bawr-ee-uhs, -bohr- ]

adjective

1. abounding in trees; wooded.
2. arboreal ( def 2 ).
3. arborescent.

arboreous

/ ɑːˈbɔːrɪəs /

adjective

1. thickly wooded; having many trees
2. another word for arborescent

Other Words From

• subar·bore·ous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of arboreous¹

1640–50; < Latin arboreus of trees, equivalent to arbor tree + -eus -eous

Example Sentences

Among nearly 60 selected works are his hanging scroll landscape paintings, depicting mountainous and arboreous terrain.

From New York Times

The more obvious explanation, though, is the one exemplified by the terrifying arboreous formation currently looming in the White House’s East Colonnade: Melania is just plain bad at this.

From Washington Post

Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss.

From Project Gutenberg

It is only in the torrid zone that one sees these lavish developments of verdure, these labyrinths of charming arboreous effect.

From Project Gutenberg

The rafts thus formed in time became consolidated by the deposition of earthy materials, leaves, twigs and vegetable matter, and are covered with a rank growth of vegetation, at first shrubby, but at last arboreous.

From Project Gutenberg