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frutescent, a. Bot.|fruːˈtɛsənt|
[Incorrectly f. frut-ex + -escent. The correct form would be *fruticescent.]
Becoming shrubby; having the appearance or habit of a shrub.
1709Phil. Trans. XXVI. 469 Our Frutescent Herbs, such as Lavenders, Abrotonums, Rue, Tyme. 1775Masson ibid. LXVI. 288 Evergreen shrubs, both frutescent and succulent. 1801Barrow Interior S. Africa I. i. 26 The frutescent or shrubby plants. Ibid. 38 A tall, elegant, fruitescent [sic] plant. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 185 Stems..in the frutescent species leafy. 1859R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 142 The fruitescent [sic] produce of the mountains. |