arbuscle

Meaning

1. A plant midway in height between a shrub and a tree; a dwarf tree.
2. A branched hypha in some fungi.
3. The site at which a symbiotic fungus attaches to the roots of a plant and exchanges nutrients, etc., with it.
4. A clump of feather-like cilia (hairlike structures).

Synonyms

bush

shrub

frutex

Translations

arbuscule

arbúsculo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑːbʌs(ə)l/

Etymology

Latin arbuscula, diminutive of arbor or arbos (“tree; tuft of feathers”).