frutescence

[Eng. frutescen(t); -ce.] Bot.: Shrubbine ; the state of existing as a shrub. frû-těs-çent, a . [Abbreviated from Lat. fruti cescens becoming bushy, pr. par. of fruticesco .] Bot .: Shrubby, as distinguished from herbaceous and arboreal. frutescent celandine, s. Bot .: Bocconia frutescens. frü-těx, 8. [Lat.] A woody stemmed plant not large enough to be denominated a tree. *frût-ic-al, *frût-ic-all, a. [Latin frutex (gen it. fruticis); Eng. adj. suff. -al .] Of the nature of a shrub; shrubby.