| Arboreous 1. (a.) Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub. 2. (a.) Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss. Thesaurus Entries V-shaped, Y-shaped, arborary, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arborical, arboriform, biforked, bifurcate, bifurcated, branched, branching, branchlike, bushlike, bushy, citrous, coniferous, crotched, deciduous, dendriform, dendritic, dendroid, evergreen, forked, forking, forklike, furcate, hardwood, nondeciduous, piny, pronged, ramous, scrubbly, scrubby, scrublike, shrubby, shrublike, softwood, tree-shaped, treelike, tridentlike, trifurcate, trifurcated |