suf·fru·tes·cent 
(sŭf′r-tĕsənt) also suf·fru·ti·cose (sŭf-rtĭ-kōs′)
(sŭf′r-tĕsənt) also suf·fru·ti·cose (sŭf-rtĭ-kōs′)adj.
Having a stem that is woody only at the base; somewhat shrubby.
[New Latin suffrutēscēns, suffrutēscent- : Latin sub-, sub- + New Latin frutēscēns, frutescent (from Latin frutex, shrub).]