dendro-, dendr-, dendri-, -dendria, -dendrite, -dendritic, -dendra, -dendron
(Greek: tree, tree-like structure; trees)
The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life activity; it provides protection to all beings, offering shade even to the axeman who destroys it.
—Gautama Buddha, Founder of the Buddhist religion, circa 525 B.C.
dendrolatry, dendrolatrous
The worship of trees.
dendrolite
A petrified or fossil tree or part of a tree.
dendrologist
A specialist in the identification and classification of trees and shrubs.
dendrology, dendrologic, dendrological
1. The branch of forestry that focuses on the identification and classification of trees and shrubs.
2. The botanical study of trees and other woody plants.
dendromancy
Divination through the use of oak and mistletoe.
dendromania
An obsession to be among trees or forests.
dendrometer
An instrument for measuring the diameters and heights of trees or logs, based on principles concerning the relation of the sides of similar triangles.
dendrophage, dendrophagy
Eating or devouring trees.
dendrophagous, dendrophagus
Feeding mainly on trees.
dendrophilous, dendrophilia, dendrophile, dendrophily
1. In biology, thriving in trees; living in orchards.
2. Growing on or twining around trees.
3. Loving trees so much as to live in them [people who live in tree houses?].
dendrophobia
An excessive fear of trees. This fear may be related to a phobia of forests or of landscapes.
dendrophysis
In mycology, a hypha or filament that branches out on trees; found in fungi belonging to the family Cyphellaceae.
epidendral, epidendrous, epidendric
Growing on trees or existing on trees.
galactodendron
Literally, "milk tree" and generally known as a "cow tree".
A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which when cut provides a "nourishing fluid" that is similar to milk.
lepidodendrid, lepidodentroid
A reference to one of an extinct family of trees allied to the modern club mosses, and including Lepidodendron and its allies.
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