Frutescent

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frutescent \Fru*tes"cent\, a. [L. frutex, fruticis, shrub, bush:
     cf. F. frutescent, L. fruticescens, p. pr.] (Bot.)
     Somewhat shrubby in character; imperfectly shrubby, as the
     American species of {Wisteria}.
     [1913 Webster]