arboreous /ɑɹˈbɚ.iəs/ adjective4 •Having the characteristics of a tree. (of a plant)dense forests of eucalyptus and acacia and giant arboreous ferns with feathered fronds waving gently a hundred feet above their heads — 1918 •Covered or filled with trees.But among Authours, we meet with nothing more frequent, and indeed more celebrated, than those Arboreous amenities and Plantations of Woods, which they call’d Luci — 1670 •(no longer used) Having a tree-like, branching structure.The arboreous ramification of the Meditallium of the Cerebellum appearing, being cut right downwards. — 1695 •(no longer used) Growing on trees.And those fruites whiche Galene calleth arboreous, are those growing vppon trees. — 1575