arborescence, n.f., arborescence.
arboriculteur, n.m., arboriculturist.
arboriculture, n.f., arboriculture.
arborisation, n.f., arborization.
arborisé, -e, adj., arborized. Pierres —es; arborized stones.
arbouse, n.f., arbute-berry, wilding.
arbousier, n.m., arbute, strawberry-tree.
arbre, n.m., tree; beam; piece of timber; (tech.) arbor, cylinder, shaft, spindle; (nav.) mast (in the Mediterranean). Jeune —; sapling. — fruitier; fruit-tree. — en espalier; wall-tree. — sur pied; standing tree. — en buisson; bush. — de haute futaie; forest-tree. — de plein vent; standard. — nain; dwarf-tree. Grand —; shaft. — de couche; horizontal shaft. — moteur; main shaft. — vertical; upright shaft. — de diane, or philosophique (chem.); arbor dianæ. — vert; evergreen. — chablis; tree blown down. Arbre généalogique; genealogical tree. — à cire; myrica. — de mestre; main-mast. — de trinquet; foremast. Se tenir au gros de l’—; to adhere to what is ancient. Tel —, tel fruit; a tree is known by its fruits. Faire l’— fourchu; to walk on one’s two hands, with one’s legs in the air. L’— ne tombe pas du premier coup; (prov.) Rome was not built in a day. Entre l’— et l’écorce il ne faut pas mettre le doigt; leave family jars severely alone. — de transmission; connecting shaft.
arbrisseau, n.m., tree; young tree; small tree; underwood; shrub.