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suffrutescent

[ suhf-roo-tes-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. partially or slightly woody; subshrubby.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of suffrutescent1

1810–20; < New Latin suffrutēscent- (stem of suffrutēscēns ), equivalent to Latin suf- suf- + New Latin frut- (shortened stem of Latin frutex shrub, bush) + Latin -ēscent- -escent
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Example Sentences

California’s Vikrant Chintanaboina, 13, quipped of “suffrutescent.”

Suffrutescent, suf-rōō-tes′ent, adj. somewhat woody at the base.—n.

Suffrutescent, slightly woody below, there surviving from year to year.

Suffrutescent, slightly shrubby or woody at the base only, 39.

Suffruticose, rather more than suffrutescent, 37, 39.

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