"fruticose" meaning in English

See fruticose in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more fruticose [comparative], most fruticose [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} fruticose (comparative more fruticose, superlative most fruticose)
  1. (botany) Having woody stems and branches; shrubby Categories (topical): Botany Translations (shrubby): fruticós [masculine] (Catalan), frutiqueux [masculine] (French), fruticoso [masculine] (Italian), fruticosus [masculine] (Latin), fruticoso [masculine] (Portuguese), fruticoso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fruticose-en-adj-VPfu~eJM Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'shrubby': 92 8
  2. (lichenology) Having a shrub-like or hairy thallus attached to the substrate at a single point. Categories (topical): Lichenology
    Sense id: en-fruticose-en-adj-W6S5Gm30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 74 Topics: biology, botany, lichenology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: suffruticose Related terms: fruticulose
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