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frutescent

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fru⋅tes⋅cent

  [froo-tes-uhnt]
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–adjective Botany.
tending to be shrublike; shrubby.
Origin:
1700–10; < L frut(ex) shrub, bush + -escent

Related forms:
fru⋅tes⋅cence, noun
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fru·tes·cent   (frōō-těs'ənt)   
adj.  Relating to, resembling, or assuming the form of a shrub; shrubby.

[Latin frutex, shrub, bush + -escent.]
fru·tes'cence n.
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