arbuscular

[Eng. arbuscule; -ar.] Pertaining to a small tree. (Da Costa.) IMG:content-0696.jpg:[ocr errors] ar-bus-tive, [Lat. arbustivus , from arbustum (q.v.).] Planted with shrubs or trees; containing copses of shrubs or trees. ( Bartram .) ar-bus-tum, s . [In Fr. arbuste; Sp., Port., & Ital. arbusto ; Lat. arbustum, a contraction of arboretum = (1) a plantation, (2) a tree; fro in arbor , a tree.] Bot . A shrub, distinguished from a tree by the character that its branches rise directly from the ground without being supported on a trunk. It is called also FRUTEX. ( Lindley .) ar-bū'te, s. [ARBUTUS.]