arbuscle

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Synonyms: arbuscule, carbuncle, abustle, arbuckle, arbuscula

Antonyms: arbuscule, carbuncle, abustle, arbuckle, arbuscula

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|botany}} A plant midway in height between a [[shrub]] and a [[tree]]; a [[dwarf]] tree.
2. {{lb|en|mycology}} A branched [[hypha]] in some [[fungus|fungi]].
3. {{lb|en|mycology}} The site at which a [[symbiotic]] [[fungus]] attaches to the [[root]]s of a [[plant]] and exchanges nutrients, etc., with it.
4. {{lb|en|zoology}} A clump of feather-like [[cilium#English|cilia]] ([[hairlike]] structures).

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