(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:47:43

Fru*tes"cent (?), a. [L. frulex, fruticis, shrub, bush: cf. F. frutescent, L. fruticescens, p. pr.] Bot.

Somewhat shrubby in character; imperfectly shrubby, as the American species of Wistaria.

 

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