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fruticose

American

[froo-ti-kohs] / ˈfru tɪˌkoʊs /

adjective

having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
Botany, Mycology. having branched stalks, as certain lichens.

Etymology

Origin of fruticose

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

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