subshrub
noun
sub·shrub ˈsəb-ˌshrəb 
especially Southern -ˌsrəb
: a perennial plant having woody stems except for the terminal part of the new growth which is killed back annually
also : a low shrub
Word History
First Known Use
1825, in the meaning defined above
- spotted skate
- spotted skitty
- spotted skunk
- spotted spurge
- spotted sting ray
- spotted sucker
- spotted sunfish
- spotted tree
- spotted turtle
- spotted water hemlock
- spotted water hen
- spotted whip ray
- spotted wilt
- spotted wintergreen
- spotted woodpecker
- spotted-finned sunfish
- spotted-necked otter
- spottedly
- spottedness
- spotter
- spotters
- spottest
- spottier
- spottiest
- spottilier