frutescent

English

Etymology

About 1750, from Latin frutex (“shrub”) +‎ -escent.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

frutescent (comparative more frutescent, superlative most frutescent)

1. Imperfectly resembling a shrub.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin frutescens.

Adjective

frutescent (feminine frutescente, masculine plural frutescents, feminine plural frutescentes)

1. (botany) frutescent

   Synonyms: arbustif, frutiqueux

Derived terms

• sous-frutescent

Related terms

• frutescence

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French frutescent.

Adjective

frutescent m or n (feminine singular frutescentă, masculine plural frutescenți, feminine and neuter plural frutescente)

1. frutescent

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	frutescent		frutescentă		frutescenți	frutescente
	definite	frutescentul		frutescenta		frutescenții	frutescentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	frutescent		frutescente		frutescenți	frutescente
	definite	frutescentului		frutescentei		frutescenților	frutescentelor