WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fru•ti•cose
(fro̅o̅′ti kōs′),USA pronunciation adj.
- Botanyhaving the form of a shrub;
shrublike. - Fungi, Botanyhaving branched stalks, as certain lichens. Cf. crustose, foliose.
- Latin fruticōsus full of shrubs, bushy, equivalent. to frutic- (stem of frutex) shrub + -ōsus -ose1
- 1660–70
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