ARBUSCLE

Etymology

Noun

arbuscle (plural arbuscles)

(botany) A plant midway in height between a shrub and a tree; a dwarf tree.

(mycology) A branched hypha in some fungi.

(mycology) The site at which a symbiotic fungus attaches to the roots of a plant and exchanges nutrients, etc, with it.

(zoology) A clump of feather-like cilia (hairlike structures).

Anagrams

• cursable, scabrule

Source: Wiktionary


Ar"bus*cle, n. Etym: [L. arbuscula small tree, shrub, dim. of arbor tree.]

Definition: A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub. Bradley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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