frutex--prophetes.ai

frutex Bot.
  (ˈfruːtɛks)
  In 7 pl. frutexes.
  [a. L. frutex.]
  A plant having a woody stem, but smaller than a tree; a shrub.

1664 Evelyn Sylva (1776) 67 What is meant by trees, frutexes, &c. 1727 in Bailey II. 1880 in Gray Struct. Bot.

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