Definition of Frutex

1. n. A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.

Definition of Frutex

1. Noun. (botany) A plant with a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub. ¹

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Definition of Frutex

1. a shrub [n FRUTICES]

Medical Definition of Frutex

1. A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frutex

frustration-aggression hypothesis
frustration tolerance
frustrations
frustrative
frustratory
frustrum
frusts
frustule
frustules
frustum
frustums
frutage
frutages
frutefull
frutescent
frutex (current term)
frutexes
fruticant
frutices
fruticose
fruticous
fruticulose
frutified
frutifies
frutify
frwy.
fry
fry-up
fry bread
fry breads

Literary usage of Frutex

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"24. /.. 10. Golden-rod Tree. Nat. of the Canary Islands. Cult. before 1728, by Mr. Ph. Miller. Mill. diet. frutex peregrinus horto ..."

2. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"The climate must be pretty warm here; for in entering the town, I saw a large Althea frutex in bloom, a thing rare enough, any year, and particularly a year ..."

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