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Definition of Frutescent
1. a. Somewhat shrubby in character; imperfectly shrubby, as the American species of Wistaria.
Definition of Frutescent
1. Adjective. Imperfectly resembling a shrub. ¹
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Definition of Frutescent
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Frutescent
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Frutescent
Literary usage of Frutescent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"... a powder formed of the dried and ground fruits, and more especially the seeds,
of various species of Capsicum, and especially of C. frutescent. ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1838)
"... frutescent, exogenous, woody tissue with circular disks, ... Arboreous or
frutescent, hairs (if present) not stellate; leaves alternate (exc. ..."