/den"druyt/ , n.
1. Petrol. , Mineral.
a. a branching figure or marking, resembling moss or a shrub or tree in form, found on or in certain stones or minerals due to the presence of a foreign material.
b. any arborescent crystalline growth.
2. Anat. the branching process of a neuron that conducts impulses toward the cell. See diag. under neuron .
[ 1720-30; dendrítes pertaining to a tree, equiv. to dendr- DENDR- + -ites -ITE 1 ]