dendritic
adjective/dɛnˈdrɪtɪk/
Frequency rank: #16,552 most common English word
Meaning
Having a branched form resembling a tree or the dendrites of a nerve cell.
Example sentence
The scientist studied the dendritic patterns of the river delta, which branched out like the limbs of a tree.
Synonyms & related words
- branching
- branched
- tree-like
- arborescent
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