fruticose
[ froo-ti-kohs ]
/ ˈfru tɪˌkoʊs /
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adjective
Nearby words
- frustrative,
- frustule,
- frustulum,
- frustum,
- frutescent,
- frwy.,
- fry,
- fry cook,
- fry, christopher,
- fry, frying
Origin of fruticose
1660–70; < Latin fruticōsus full of shrubs, bushy, equivalent to frutic- (stem of frutex) shrub + -ōsus -ose1
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Examples from the Web for fruticose
There are several varieties which assume globular, reniform, stalactitic, and fruticose shapes.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew UreViburna continue; Salix (fruticose) commences about 5,000 feet, continues here and there to Moflong.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The|William Griffith