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suffruticose

suffruticose adjective: having a woody base, but herbaceous higher up.

Adjective

suffruticose (comparative more suffruticose, superlative most suffruticose)

  1. Having a woody base, but herbaceous higher up

Forms of suffruticose

comparativemore suffruticose
superlativemost suffruticose

Origin of suffruticose

From sub- + fruticose.

Questions about suffruticose

What does suffruticose mean?
Suffruticose means having a woody base, but herbaceous higher up.
What part of speech is suffruticose?
Suffruticose is an adjective.

Words near suffruticose in the dictionary

  1. suffrutescent
  2. suffrutex
  3. suffruticeous
  4. suffrutices
  5. suffruticious
  6. suffruticose
  7. suffruticous
  8. suffruticulose
  9. suffulted
  10. suffumigate
  11. suffumigated

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