treelike
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- adjective
- /ˈtriːlaɪk/
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arbóreo
- The artist painted a treelike figure that seemed to reach out with its branches.
- treelike structure
- treelike forms
Examples
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The treelike branches of the plant stretched towards the sky.
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Right, fruits in treelike tufts (here magnified 305 times).
Academic text (2001) -
The swampy plains are gray-green, patchy with algae and a few primitive treelike plants.
Fiction book (2002) -
The interior of the boutique was small and crowded with a tangle of hanging garments and treelike accessory displays.
Fiction book (1991) -
Amidst splashes, the patriarch of the herd gracefully placed his treelike feet; rock grated under the weight.
Fiction book (1990) -
Nature's treelike pattern of drainage basins, however great as it is for collecting tradable goods along central axes, is tantalizingly incomplete as a system of interconnected circuits.
Academic text (1998) -
I believe it does so because a ball of moss in a tree might look rather conspicuous, while the lichen—a common covering on branches in chaffinch habitat—might lend a bit of treelike verisimilitude to the nest.
Academic text (1994) -
In the garden, the treelike shrubs created a natural boundary around the flower beds.
Synonyms
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Having the shape of a tree with many branches
Like a tree in shape because it has many branches
Having a branching shape like a tree
Having branches like a tree
Shaped like a tree with branches
Shaped like a tree with branches that spread out
Having the shape of a tree with branches
Having a shape with branches like a tree
Having a main trunk and branches that spread out like a tree
Having parts that spread out from a main part like a tree
How Treelike
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word treelike is made from tree and the ending -like, where -like means 'similar to'. Picture branches spreading from a trunk, and you have the strong image the word gives, so treelike means 'resembling a tree' in shape or in the way it branches.