suffrutescent

[Pref. suf- for sub-, and Eng. frutescent (q.v.).] Moderately frutescent. † sŭf-frůtěx, s. [Mod. Lat., from Lat. sub, and frutex a shrub, a bush.] Bot: An undershrub (q. v.) suf-frû-ti-cose, †suf-frû'-ti-cous, a . [Pref. suf- , for sub- , and Lat. fruticosus full of shrubs or bushes.] Bot. ( of a stem): Having the lower and smaller part of the stem woody, while the upper and larger part is herbaceous and dies off every year.