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frutescent
CIDE DICTIONARY
frutescent, a. [L. frutex, fruticis, shrub, bush: cf. F. frutescent, L. fruticescens, p. pr.].
Somewhat shrubby in character; imperfectly shrubby, as the American species of Wisteria . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
frutescent, adj. Bot. of the nature of a shrub.
Etymology
irreg. f. L frutex bush
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