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Meaning of arbustum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[arˈbʊs.tũː]

Definitions

  1. a plantation, orchard; especially a vineyard planted with trees (on which vines would grow)
    declension-2, neuter
  2. woods, place overgrown with trees, thicket
    declension-2, neuter, poetic

Examples

“Iam vinctae vites, iam falcem arbusta reponunt”

The tree-climbing vine with its vineyard still fears the steel.

“Inde, ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora, Et cantu quaerulae rumpent arbusta cicadae, Ad puteos aut alta greges ad stagna jubebo currentem ilignis potare canalibus undam; […] Translation by James B. Greenough, 1900 When heaven's fourth hour draws on the thickening drought, And shrill cicalas pierce the brake with song, Then at the well-springs bid them, or deep pools, From troughs of holm-oak quaff the running wave: […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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