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Combining form of Greek dendron tree.
For those that love trees, the prefix dendro- offers the perfect platform from which to branch out into a wider arborescent vocabulary. For example, a lover of trees is a dendrophile, and as such likely has an appreciation for all things dendroid (tree-shaped). Talking of tree shapes, a dendrite is a stone or mineral that bears a natural tree-like structure, and can thus be described as dendritic. If you're really serious, then you may even be a student of dendrochronology, which is the science of dating events through the study of the rings in ancient timber. Of course, this comes under the broader canopy of dendrology, the science of trees, a discipline practised by dendrologists who are, of course, all completely barking.
Do you have any favourite dendro- words?
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