Ancient Greek word root · Life & Nature

dendr-: tree

dendr- is an Ancient Greek root meaning “tree”. Learn its variants and explore 1 connected words.

Meaning and variants

Meaning: tree

Root forms: dendr-, dendro-

Source word: δένδρον — tree

Word family and examples

• dendrite

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

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