dendritic.

1. Formed in a branching pattern resembling a tree.

2. Relating to the branching projections of a neuron that receive signals.

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Words that belong together

• dendritic drainage
• dendritic pattern

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Dendritic drainage cut fine lines through the bare plain.

A dendritic pattern spread across the frost-dark stone.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Use more or most only when a relative degree of the descriptive resemblance is natural; no artificial -er or -est forms. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.