arborescent

adj

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

   “Hydatica. Stem arborescent, jointed, branched; leaves long, linear.”

   “In §1 we review the definition of the arborescent links and discuss a convention to inductively analyze these links. We also recall some facts about foliations. In §2 we show how to represent an oriented arborescent link L by a special type of tree called a candidate tree.”

   “Robinia, with its center of distribution in the southern Alleghany region, is represented by two arborescent and one frutescent species in the Atlantic and by one arborescent species in the Pacific region.”

   “We will say that the simplicial complex X is arborescent if we can obtain it by a sequence of Whitehead dilations starting from a point. This sequence can be non-locally finite. Also "arborescent" does not imply "collapsible" (R² for instance is arborescent). We will say that a 2-dimensional simplicial context X is almost arborescent if it can be obtained by a series of Whitehead dilations and of additions of 2-cells along their boundaries, starting from a point.”

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.”