1. The quality or state of being tree-like in form or structure; resemblance to a tree.
Usage: Plural form of arborescence; Formal or technical usage
2. A branching, tree-shaped pattern or structure, especially in crystals, minerals, or biological systems.
Usage: Scientific/technical term; Plural form of arborescence

Examples

• The arborescences visible in the frost patterns on the window resembled miniature trees.
• Geologists studied the arborescences formed by mineral deposits in the rock layers.
• The neural arborescences in the brain create complex networks for signal transmission.
• Lightning sometimes creates arborescences when it strikes sand, forming fulgurites.
• The arborescences of the coral colony extended outward in all directions.