dendrite
/ˈdendraɪt/noun
1
- Physiology a short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body【生理】（神经细胞的）树（状）突。比较AXON.
2
- a crystal or crystalline mass with a branching, tree-like structure枝蔓晶体, 树枝晶。
2.1
- a natural tree-like or moss-like marking on a piece of rock or mineral树枝石, 树纹石; 苔藓纹石。
词源
early 18th cent.: from French， from Greek dendritēs 'tree-like'， from dendron 'tree'.