frutescens

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Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frutescens.

Adjective

frutescens

  1. (botany) frutescent; used as specific epithet in binomial nomenclature
    Synonym: fruticosus

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of New Latin frutēscō, possibly formed from frutex (“shrub”) and the inchoative verbal suffix -ēscō (“to become”).

Participle

frutēscēns (genitive frutēscentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. (botany, New Latin) shrublike
    Synonym: fruticosus

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative frutēscēns frutēscentēs frutēscentia
Genitive frutēscentis frutēscentium
Dative frutēscentī frutēscentibus
Accusative frutēscentem frutēscēns frutēscentēs
frutēscentīs 		frutēscentia
Ablative frutēscente
frutēscentī1 		frutēscentibus
Vocative frutēscēns frutēscentēs frutēscentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

  • English: frutescent
  • French: frutescent
  • Translingual: frutescens
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