Lewis & Short

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virgultum, i, n. [contr. from virguletum, from virgula] (only in plur.),

  1. I. a bush, thicket, copse, shrubbery, Caes. B. G. 3, 18 fin.; 7, 73; Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49; id. Cael. 18, 42; Liv. 1, 14, 7; id. E. 10, 7; id. A. 5, 661; Ov. M. 14, 349; Col. 2, 18, 1; 11, 2, 90.
  2. II. Slips, cuttings of trees: defodere in terram virgulta, Lucr. 5, 933: silvestria, Verg. G. 2, 3; cf. id. ib. 2, 346.

virgultus, a, um, adj. [virgultum], full of bushes or thickets, shrubby: vallis, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 3, 516; Sil. 12, 354.