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English
Etymology
About 1750, from Latin frutex (“shrub”) + -escent.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frutescent (comparative more frutescent, superlative most frutescent)
- Imperfectly resembling a shrub.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin frutescens.
Adjective
frutescent (feminine frutescente, masculine plural frutescents, feminine plural frutescentes)
- (botany) frutescent
- Synonyms: arbustif, frutiqueux
Derived terms
Further reading
- Baillon, Henri Ernest, 1876-1892. Dictionnaire de botanique. Hachette, Paris.
- “frutescent” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- Jouy, Alain & De Foucault, Bruno, 2019. Dictionnaire illustré de botanique. Biotope Éditions, Mèze, →ISBN., p. 121.
- “frutescent” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “frutescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French frutescent.
Adjective
frutescent m or n (feminine singular frutescentă, masculine plural frutescenți, feminine and neuter plural frutescente)
- frutescent
Declension