Etymology

suffruticose

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Today it means: Having a woody base, but herbaceous higher up Full definition →

English fruticose ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishfruticose
  5. English todaysuffruticose

From sub- + fruticose.

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