Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Growing like or resembling a small shrub.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Like, or pertaining to, a small
shrub .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a shrub
Etymologies
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Diminutive from Latin fruticosus bushy: compare French fruticuleux.
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Examples
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Like all fruticulose labiates which have a hard compact tissue and contain much oily matter, the lavender absorbs less moisture than herbs which are soft and spongy, and, as it always prefers a dry calcareous, even stony, soil, the northern cultivators find that by selecting such localities the tissues of the plant take up so little water that the frost does not injure them.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 Various
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