fruticose adjective. ['fru:tɪkǝʊs] M17.
[Latin fruticosus, from frutic- FRUTEX: see -OSE¹.]
1. Botany. Of the nature of a shrub; woody-stemmed. M17.

2. Resembling a shrub in appearance or manner of growth; spec. (of a lichen) having upright or pendulous branching thalli. E19.

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