arbustive
English
Etymology
From Latin arbustīvus, from arbustus (“shrub”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑː(ɹ)ˈbʌstɪv/
Adjective
arbustive (comparative more arbustive, superlative most arbustive)
- containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs
- 1791, William Bartram, Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, etc.:
- […] the atmosphere was now animated with the efficient principle of vegetative life; the arbustive hills, gay lawns, and green meadows […]
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁ.bys.tiv/
- Homophone: arbustives
Italian
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