Fru*tes"cent (?), a. [L. frutex, fruticis, shrub, bush: cf. F.
frutescent, L. fruticescens, p. pr.] (Bot.) Somewhat shrubby in
character; imperfectly shrubby, as the American species of Wistaria.
||Fru"tex (?), n. [L.] (Bot.) A plant having a woody, durable stem, but
||less than a tree; a shrub.
Fru"ti*cant (?), a. [L. fruticans, p. pr. of fruticare, to become
bushy, fr. frutex, fruticis, shrub.] Full of shoots. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Fru"ti*cose` (?), a. [L. fruticosus, from frutex, fruticis, shrub]
(Bot.) Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub;
shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem. Gray.