Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A copse of shrubs or trees; an orchard or arboretum.
  • noun A woody branching plant without a distinct trunk.
  • noun A treatise on the woody plants of any region; a sylva.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word arbustum.

Examples

  • At tuba terribili sonitu taratantara dixit. incedunt arbusta per alta, securibus caedunt, percellunt magnas quercus, exciditur ilex, fraxinus frangitur atque abies consternitur alta, 15 pinus proceras peruortunt: omne sonabat arbustum fremitu siluai frondosai. vi

    Lesser Fragments of the Annals 1912

  • _Qui vineam, vel arbustum constituere volet, seminaria prius facere debebit_, was the precept of Columella, l.

    Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663

  • 7 Vinea est prima, ... secundo loco hortus inriguus, tertio salictum, quarto oletum, quinto pratum, sexto campus frumentarius, septimo silva caedua, octavo arbustum, nono glandaria silva.

    A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885

  • n. - dwarf tree; shrub-like tree. arbuscular, adj. arbustum

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • orchard

    February 3, 2007