fruticoseadj.
/ˈfruːtᵻkəʊz/, /ˈfruːtᵻkəʊs/, U.S. /ˈfrudəˌkoʊs/ Natural History.
1. Of the nature of a shrub; having woody stalks.
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fruticose1668
shrubby1776
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. §4. 81 Fruticose, having stalks of a hard woody consistence.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Fruticose Stalks, stalks of a hard woody Substance.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 120 The fruticose Rubi.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 475 The main shoots..may..climb, or may form the stems of arborescent and fruticose plants.
2. Resembling a shrub in external appearance; said e.g., of certain minerals, zoophytes, and lichens.
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shrubbed1539
bushy1567
bushed1573
shrubby1581
frutical1597
woody1609
shrubbish1656
arbustal1657
fruticeousa1682
frutescent1710
fruticose1805
fruticulose1830
bush-like1878
1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 29 The whole when viewed from above has a fructicose aspect, not unlike the appearance of colewort.
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 432 The mode of growth..arborescent, and clustered (fruticose).
1857 M. J. Berkeley Introd. Cryptogamic Bot. §56. 70 The species which are most fruticose in habit consist of a single cell.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 319 The Fruticose Lichens are attached only at one spot and with a narrow base, and rise from it in the form of small much-branched shrubs.
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