a. Obs. [a. F. arbustif, -ive (Cotgr.), ad. L. arbustīvus planted with trees: see -IVE.] a. ‘Of or belonging to shrubs or young trees, shrubby.’ Blount, Glossogr., 1656. b. Trained or bound to a tree.
1745. trans. Columella’s Bk. Trees, iv. This kind of vines we cail arbustive or arbour-vines.
