arbuscle

== English == === Alternative forms === arbuscule === Etymology === Latin arbuscula, diminutive of arbor or arbos (“tree; tuft of feathers”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑːbʌs(ə)l/ Hyphenation: ar‧bus‧cle === 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). ==== Related terms ==== arbuscular ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === cursable, scabrule