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Furnished with an arbor; lined with trees. "An arboreal walk." Pollok.

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

The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.

talk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree. "Arborescent hollyhocks." Evelyn.

A small tree or shrub. [Obs.] Spenser. Among thick-woven arborets, and flowers Imbordered on each bank. Milton.

A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.

Relating to trees. [Obs.]

Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds.

Pertaining to arboriculture. Loudon.

The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes.

One who cultivates trees.

Treelike in shape.

One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in the knowledge of trees. Howell.

The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite.

Having a treelike appearance. "An arborized or moss agate." Wright.

Formed by trees. [Obs.] From under shady, arborous roof. Milton.

A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub. Bradley.

Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike. Da Costa.

Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs. Bartram.

een shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree. Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family (Epigæa repens), having white or usually rose- colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing ear…