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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

 
becoming tree-like, growing into a tree: arborescens,-entis (part.B).

Ambulacrum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. ambulacro: avenue or walk shaded with trees; see road.

Bark: cortex,-icis (s.f.III), acc. sg. corticem, abl. sg. cortice, nom. & acc. pl. cortices, dat. & abl. pl. corticibus

Bark, shell bark, scale bark, rhytidome: see rhytidoma,-atis (s.n.III).

Dendrogram: dendrogramma,-atis (s.n.III), abl. sg. dendrogrammate; see -gram.

Excrescence or canker on trees: ulcus,-eris (s.n.III), abl. sg. ulcuscere, acc. sg. ulcus.

growing on or in trees: arborealis,-e (adj.B); dendrobius,

‘tree-dwelling;’ drymobius, ‘tree dwelling;’

[[Drymobius margaritiferus, a species of snake.DELETE]]

a living collection of trees: arboretum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. arboreto.

a place grown with trees: arboretum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. arboreto; arbustum,-i (s.n.II, q.v., abl. sg. arbusto.

planted with trees: arbustivus,-a,-um (adj.A), arbustus,-a,-um (adj.A);

- locus (s.m.II) arbustivus, abl. sg. loco arbustivo.

- ager arbustus, abl. sg. agro arbusto, a field planted to trees, an orchard.

Treelet, small tree: arbuscula,-ae (s.f.I), abl.sg. arbuscula.

resembling a small tree: arbusculiformis,-e (adj.B).

becoming tree-like, growing into a tree: arborescens,-entis (part.B).

Tree, cleft in, hollow of: caverna (s.f.I) arboris (gen.sg. arbor).

tree-like, pertaining to trees: dendroideus,-a,-um (adj.A); dendriticus,-a,-um (adj.A) (used of hairs); arboreus,-a,-um (adj.A) (used of whole plant); arborius,-a,-um (adj.A); arborescens,-entis (part.B), becoming or approaching a tree in character.

Helichrysum dendroideum; Climacium dendroides; Eupatorium dendroides.

tree-like, in the manner of a tree (adv.), dendritically: dendritice (adv.).

like a small tree: arbusculatus,-a,-um (adj.A);

- habitu arbusculo notabilis, notabile by its small-treelike habit.

Tree-line, tree-belt, tree-zone: zona (s.f.I) arborea, abl. sg. zona arborea;

- supra zonam arboream, above the zone of trees.

tree-loving, dendrophilous: dendrophilus,-a,-um (adj.A).

Tree of Life, phylogenetic tree: cladogramma,-atis (s.n.III), abl. sg. cladogrammate, a diagram used in cladistics that shows ancestral relations between organisms, intended to represent an evolutionary tree of life; tree of life diagram; see -gram.

Tree orchard, tree plantation: arbustum,-i(s.n.II), abl. sg. arbusto, ‘a place where trees are planted, an orchard, plantation, a vineyard planted with trees onto which the vines are trained: as opposed to by poles’ (Lewis & Short).

Tree top: see ‘top, the highest point, summit.’

phylogenetic tree: see tree of life, above.

a walk lined with trees: xystus,-i (s.m.II), q.v., abl. sg. xysto.

 

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
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