arboreal C2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ɑɹˈbɔɹi.əl/ UK /ɑːˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/ See IPA manual Freq #111430 Meanings 1 adj inhabiting or frequenting trees Arboreal apes. 2 adj Of, relating to, or resembling a tree. 1650, Walter Charleton (translator), “Of the Magnetick Cure of Wounds” in A Ternary of Paradoxes, by Jan Baptist van Helmont, London: William Lee, p. 72, High and sacred, in good troth, is the power of the microcosmical spirit, which without any arboreal trunck produceth a true Cherry:. 3 adj Living in or among trees. If the harvest mouse had been more strictly arboreal, it would perhaps have had its tail rendered structurally prehensile, as is the case with some members of the same order. 4 adj Covered or filled with trees. The breadth of the arboreal landscape requires a longer list of living creatures, and creatures of greater bulk. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · inhabiting or frequenting... arboreoustree-living 4 adj · covered or filled with trees. arboreous Word family Derived forms arborealismarborealistarborealityarboreallynonarborealsemiarborealsubarboreal Related forms arborarboreousarborescentarborousborealdendriticsylvan Etymology From Latin arboreus (“tree-like”) + -al, mid-17th century. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # arboreal **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɑɹˈbɔɹi.əl/ **IPA (UK):** /ɑːˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/ **Frequency rank:** 111430 ## Meanings 1. inhabiting or frequenting trees 2. Of, relating to, or resembling a tree. 3. Living in or among trees. 4. Covered or filled with trees. ## Examples - Arboreal apes. - 1650, Walter Charleton (translator), “Of the Magnetick Cure of Wounds” in A Ternary of Paradoxes, by Jan Baptist van Helmont, London: William Lee, p. 72, High and sacred, in good troth, is the power of the microcosmical spirit, which without any arboreal trunck produceth a true Cherry:. - If the harvest mouse had been more strictly arboreal, it would perhaps have had its tail rendered structurally prehensile, as is the case with some members of the same order. - The breadth of the arboreal landscape requires a longer list of living creatures, and creatures of greater bulk. ## Derived Forms - arborealism - arborealist - arboreality - arboreally - nonarboreal - semiarboreal - subarboreal ## Related Forms - arbor - arboreous - arborescent - arborous - boreal - dendritic - sylvan ## Etymology From Latin arboreus (“tree-like”) + -al, mid-17th century. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown