frŭtĭco (ū long in frūtĭcăt arbor, Tert. Judic. Dom. 135), āvi, ātum, v. n., and frŭtĭcor, āri, v. dep. n. [frutex], to put forth shoots, to sprout out, to become bushy.
I Lit.: excisa est arbor, non evulsa: itaque, quam fruticetur, vides, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 2: ubi ex uno semine pluribus culmis fruticavit (triticum), Col. 2, 9, 6; Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 140; 19, 5, 29, § 92; 17, 10, 14, § 70; Sil. 9, 205.—
II Poet. transf., of the hair: fruticante pilo, Juv. 9, 15; of a stag's antlers: aspicis, ut fruticat late caput, Calp. Ecl. 6, 37.