A shrub or small bushy plant with woody stems.
Direct from Latin 'frutex' meaning shrub or bush. This is the foundational Latin term from which most English shrub-related words derive.
This single Latin word spawned an entire family of English words—frutescent, fruticose, fruticeta—it's the grandfather of shrub vocabulary!
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