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frutescent
frutescent, a. Bot. (fruːˈtɛsənt) [Incorrectly f. frut-ex + -escent. The correct form would be *fruticescent.] Becoming shrubby; having the appearance or habit of a shrub.1709 Phil. Trans. XXVI. 469 Our Frutescent Herbs, such as Lavenders, Abrotonums, Rue, Tyme. 1775 Masson ibid. LXVI. 288 Evergreen... Oxford English Dictionary
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suffrutescent
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... Oxford English Dictionary
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