SUFFRUTESCENT Definition & Meaning

suffrutescent

[ suhf-roo-tes-uhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

partially or slightly woody; subshrubby.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

1810–20; < New Latin ��ܴڴڰ��ܳ�ŧ��Գ�- (stem of ��ܴڴڰ��ܳ�ŧ��ŧ�Բ� ), equivalent to Latin suf- suf- + New Latin frut- (shortened stem of Latin frutex shrub, bush) + Latin -ŧ��Գ�- -escent

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

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

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

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

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Suffruticose, rather more than suffrutescent, 37, 39.

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