Defn: The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.
ARBUSCLE Ar"bus*cle, n. Etym: [L. arbuscula small tree, shrub, dim. of arbor tree.]
Defn: A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub. Bradley.
ARBUSCULAR
Ar*bus"cu*lar, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike. Da Costa.
ARBUSTIVE Ar*bus"tive, a. Etym: [L. arbustivus, fr. arbustum place where trees are planted.]
Defn: Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.
Bartram.
ARBUTUS; ARBUTE
Ar"bu*tus, Ar"bute, n. Etym: [L. arbutus, akin to arbor tree.]
Defn: The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree. Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family (Epigæa repens), having white or usually rose- colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in New England known as mayflower; — called also ground laurel. Gray.
ARC
Arc, n. Etym: [F. arc, L. arcus bow, arc. See Arch, n.]