suffrutescent, a. Bot.
(sʌfruːˈtɛsənt)
[ad. mod.L. suffrutescens, -ent-, f. suf- = sub- 21 c + frutescens frutescent. So F.]
Somewhat woody or shrubby at the base.
| 1816 Edwards' Bot. Reg. II. 130 Arctotis maculata. White tawny-stained suffrutescent Arctotis. 1829 Loudon Encycl. Plants (1836) 729 Stem suffrutescent. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. iii. §3. 50 Undershrubs or Suffruticose plants, are woody plants of humble stature... If less decidedly woody, they are termed Suffrutescent. |