Frutex

·noun A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.

frutex
frŭtex, ĭcis, m. (fem.: Nilotica, Mart. Cap. 3, § 225) [prob. kindr. with βρύω, to sprout forth], a ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
frutex
frutex icis, m FVR-, a shrub, bush : genus omne fruticum, V.: texit Ora frutex, O.: Contexit (asel...

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