fruticose

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adjective

Having woody stems and branches; shrubby

Similar
shrubbyfruticulose
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Meanings

adjectivefruticose (comparative more fruticose, superlative most fruticose)

comparative more fruticose · superlative most fruticose

  1. biologyHaving woody stems and branches; shrubby

    Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.

    2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84
  2. biologyHaving a shrub-like or hairy thallus attached to the substrate at a single point.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or relating to or resembling a shrub

Similar
shrubbyfruticulose
Also see
fruticuloseshrubby

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan fruticós
  • fruticósshrubby
French frutiqueux
  • frutiqueuxshrubby
Italian fruticoso
  • fruticososhrubby
Latin fruticosus
  • fruticosusshrubby
Portuguese fruticoso
  • fruticososhrubby
Russian кустарниковый
  • кустарниковый (kustarnikovyj)shrubby
Spanish fruticoso
  • fruticososhrubby
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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