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fruticose, a. Nat. Hist.|ˌfruːtɪˈkəʊs|
Also 9 erron. fructicose.
[ad. L. fruticōs-us, f. frutic- frutex.]
1. Of the nature of a shrub; having woody stalks.
1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. iv. §4. 81 Fruticose, having stalks of a hard woody consistence. 1721Bailey, Fruticose Stalks, stalks of a hard woody Substance. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 120 The fruticose Rubi. 1882Vines Sachs' Bot. 475 The main shoots..may..climb, or may form the stems of arborescent and fruticose plants.
2. Resembling a shrub in external appearance; said e.g., of certain minerals, zoophytes, and lichens.
1805–17R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 95 The whole when viewed from above has a fructicose aspect, not unlike the appearance of cauliflower. 1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 432 The mode of growth..arborescent, and clustered (fruticose). 1857Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. §56. 70 The species which are most fruticose in habit consist of a single cell. 1882Vines Sachs' Bot. 319 The Fruticose Lichens are attached only at one spot and with a narrow base, and rise from it in the form of small much-branched shrubs. |