frutescent

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adjective

Imperfectly resembling a shrub.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivefrutescent (comparative more frutescent, superlative most frutescent)

comparative more frutescent · superlative most frutescent

  1. biologyImperfectly resembling a shrub.

    Synonyms: shrubby, shrublike

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveImperfectly resembling a shrub.

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Origin

  1. New Latinfrutēscēns
  2. Englishfrutescent

About 1750, from New Latin frutēscēns.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

frutescent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frutescent

MLA

“frutescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frutescent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frutescent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frutescent.

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