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suffrutescent

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suf⋅fru⋅tes⋅cent

  [suhf-roo-tes-uhnt]
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–adjective
partially or slightly woody; subshrubby.
Origin:
1810–20; < NL suffrutēscent- (s. of suffrutēscēns), equiv. to L suf- suf- + NL frut- (shortened s. of L frutex shrub, bush) + L -ēscent- -escent
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suf·fru·tes·cent   (sŭf'rōō-těs'ənt)   
adj.  Having a stem that is woody only at the base; somewhat shrubby.

[New Latin suffrutēscēns, suffrutēscent- : Latin sub-, sub- + New Latin frutēscēns, frutescent (from Latin frutex, shrub).]
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