arborescent plant

/ˈɑrbəˌrɛsnt plænt/
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Other forms: arborescent plants

Definitions of arborescent plant
  1. noun
    having the shape or characteristics of a tree
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    types:
    Australian grass tree, grass tree
    any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
    type of:
    ligneous plant, woody plant
    a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
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