Main Entry:

den·drite

Pronunciation:

\ˈden-ˌdrīt\

Function:

noun

Date:

1751

1: a branching treelike figure produced on or in a mineral by a foreign mineral ; also : the mineral so marked2: a crystallized arborescent form3: any of the usually branching protoplasmic processes that conduct impulses toward the body of a neuron — see neuron illustration