fruticose

[ froo-ti-kohs ]

adjective

1. having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
2. Botany, Mycology. having branched stalks, as certain lichens. Compare crustose, foliose.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fruticose¹

1660–70; < Latin fruticōsus full of shrubs, bushy, equivalent to frutic- (stem of frutex ) shrub + -ōsus -ose ¹

Example Sentences

There are several varieties which assume globular, reniform, stalactitic, and fruticose shapes.

From Project Gutenberg

Viburna continue; Salix (fruticose) commences about 5,000 feet, continues here and there to Moflong.

From Project Gutenberg