frutescent

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Definition of frutescent in English English dictionary

Imperfectly resembling a shrub

{a} full of small shoots, shrubby

Somewhat shrubby in character; imperfectly shrubby, as the American species of Wistaria

Hyphenation

fru·tes·cent

Etymology

() A 1750, from Latin frutex (“shrub”) + -escent (“becoming, resembling”)