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arboreous

[ahr-bawr-ee-uhs, -bohr-] / ɑrˈbɔr i əs, -ˈboʊr- /


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The campground is an arboreous escape shaded by massive old trees and, under safe conditions, guests can enjoy a cool dip in Stuart Fork’s clear waters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025

Among nearly 60 selected works are his hanging scroll landscape paintings, depicting mountainous and arboreous terrain.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

To the S.W. there is a group of somewhat decayed Shan Pagodas, and a Poonghie house, around which are planted mango trees and a beautiful arboreous Bauhinia, B. rhododendriflora mihi, ovariis binis! 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith

He strode down the mountain as though he had been born on its arboreous slopes.

From The Tale of Timber Town by Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus) Grace

The rafts thus formed in time became consolidated by the deposition of earthy materials, leaves, twigs and vegetable matter, and are covered with a rank growth of vegetation, at first shrubby, but at last arboreous.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by William Henry Carman Folsom




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