fruticulose, a.
(fruːˌtɪkjʊˈləʊs)
[as if ad. L. *fruticulōs-us, f. *fruticul-us, dim. of frutex.]
Resembling a small shrub. Also in comb. form fruticuˈloso-.
| 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 331 In the fruticulose or foliaceous species [of Lichens] the medulla is distinctly floccose. 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 611 Carnose Alcyonidæ, fruticuloso-ramose. |