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Arborescent vs Herbaceous - What's the difference?

arborescent | herbaceous |

As adjectives the difference between arborescent and herbaceous

is that arborescent is like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to a tree's; branching while herbaceous is (label) not woody, lacking lignified tissues.

arborescent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to a tree's; branching.
  • (philosophy) Marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and dualism (opposed to the rhizome theory).
    • Deleuze criticizes the Chomsky hierarchy of formal languages, which he considers a perfect example of arborescent dualistic theory.

    Derived terms

    * arborescent appendage * arborescence

    External links

    * ("arborescent" on Wikipedia) ----

    herbaceous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (label) not woody, lacking lignified tissues
  • (label) not woody in flavor
  • (label) feeding on herbs and soft plants
  • * 1861 , (Charles John Andersson), Lake Ngami , , page 490
    • The hippopotamus is an herbaceous animal.

    Antonyms

    * woody

    Derived terms

    * herbaceousness