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fruticulose

fruticulose adjective: like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.

Adjective

fruticulose (comparative more fruticulose, superlative most fruticulose)

  1. Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub

Forms of fruticulose

comparativemore fruticulose
superlativemost fruticulose

Origin of fruticulose

Diminutive from Latin fruticosus (“bushy”): compare French fruticuleux.

Words formed from fruticulose

Questions about fruticulose

What does fruticulose mean?
Fruticulose means like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
What part of speech is fruticulose?
Fruticulose is an adjective.

Words near fruticulose in the dictionary

  1. fruticosely
  2. fruticous
  3. fruticulescent
  4. fruticuline
  5. fruticulines
  6. fruticulose
  7. fruticulous
  8. fruticultural
  9. fruticulture
  10. fruticulturist
  11. fruticulturists

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