dendroid

 
Pronunciation: /ˈdɛndrɔɪd/

adjective

Biology
  • (of a plant, marine invertebrate, or structure) tree-shaped; branching.

noun

Palaeontology
  • a graptolite of a type that formed much-branched colonies, found chiefly in the Ordovician and Silurian periods.
    • Order Dendroidea, class Graptolithina

Origin:

mid 19th century: from dendro- 'tree' + -oid