Meanings
plural arbusts
- a bush, shrub
that may also contain, timber, arbusts and other plants.
2014, Laure Ducos, Importance of the traditional land-use and land-tenure systems of Waraka1 more example
One afternoon, she was in her garden cutting with a knife the sprouts of a shrub taller than a man; this arbust is known by the name of bellflower.
1910, Archives of Ophthalmology, volume 39
Origin
- Frencharbuste
- Englisharbust
Likely borrowed from French arbuste.
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arbust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arbust
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