arborescent

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɑːbəˈɹɛsənt/    美 /ɑːɹbəˈɹɛsənt/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to that of a tree; branching.
    — Hydatica. Stem arborescent, jointed, branched; leaves long, linear.
  2. Marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and dualism (as opposed to the rhizome theory).
    — Gilles Deleuze criticizes the Chomsky hierarchy of formal languages, which he considers a perfect example of arborescent dualistic theory.

词形变化

more arborescent comparative most arborescent superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
arborescence arborescent appendage arborescently semiarborescent subarborescent

词源

From Latin arborēscēns, present active participle of arborēscō (“become a tree”). First attested around 1675. The philosophical sense refers to the way genealogy trees are drawn.
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