dendrite

noun4

1. •
   A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.

   • Little copses of television antennas. Whiplike, graceful thrilling metal dendrites drawing images from the air, bringing brotherhood, communion to immured apartment people. — 1970
2. •
   Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.
3. •
   Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
4. •
   (historical) A hermit who lived in a tree.