suffruticose

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adjective

Having a woody base, but herbaceous higher up

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectivesuffruticose (comparative more suffruticose, superlative most suffruticose)

comparative more suffruticose · superlative most suffruticose

  1. biologyHaving a woody base, but herbaceous higher up

Origin

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishfruticose
  5. Englishsuffruticose

From sub- + fruticose.

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Translations

Italian suffruticoso
  • suffruticosobotany: having a woody base, but herbaceous higher up
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Chicago

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