dendra

noun

1. (form-of, plural, uncommon)plural of dendron

   “Not only did he trace these fibrils from the dendritic processes to the axis cylinder process, but also from one dendron to other dendra.”

   “Also, if X is the topological sum of finitely many dendra, then λX is a Q-manifold; in fact it is a topological sum of finitely many Hilbert cubes.”

   “Individual planar dendra consist of a central rod from which branches and sub-branches have grown, each at about 60° to the parent branch (fig 1).”