suffrutescent

[ suhf-roo-tes-uhnt ]

adjective
  1. partially or slightly woody; subshrubby.

Origin of suffrutescent

1
1810–20; <New Latin suffrutēscent- (stem of suffrutēscēns), equivalent to Latin suf-suf- + New Latin frut- (shortened stem of Latin frutex shrub, bush) + Latin -ēscent--escent

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