Arceuthobium Pusillum (Noun)
Meaning
Small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Arceuthobium pusillum can only thrive as a plant when it infects and draws nutrients from spruce and larch trees.
- The arceuthobium pusillum, or eastern dwarf mistletoe, is native to North America and can be destructive to its host trees over time.
- Researchers have been studying the arceuthobium pusillum to better understand how it develops and spreads to other trees.
- The arceuthobium pusillum has reddish-brown stems that grow along the branches of its host tree, eventually producing berrylike fruits.
- Arceuthobium pusillum seeds are dispersed through a process called explosive dehiscence, where the fruit bursts open and shoots the seeds into the air.