arborescent

adjective2

1. •
   Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to that of a tree; branching.

   • Hydatica. Stem arborescent, jointed, branched; leaves long, linear. — 1825
2. •
   Marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and dualism (as opposed to the rhizome theory).

   • Gilles Deleuze criticizes the Chomsky hierarchy of formal languages, which he considers a perfect example of arborescent dualistic theory.