🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

树状的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shù zhuàng de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dendritic/dɛnˈdrɪtɪk/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #28450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这块岩石展现出美丽的树状结晶。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having a branched form resembling a tree.

    "The mineral deposits formed beautiful dendritic patterns on the surface of the rock."
  2. 2

    Relating to or characteristic of a dendrite, especially a nerve cell process.

    "Dendritic spines play a crucial role in synaptic plasticity and signal transmission in the brain."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek word 'dendron', meaning 'tree', combined with the adjectival suffix '-itic'. It entered scientific English in the 19th century to describe branching structures resembling the shape of a tree, initially used in mineralogy and later adopted in neurology, immunology, and geology.

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