frutescens

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frutescens.

Adjective

frutescens

1. (botany) frutescent; used as specific epithet in binomial nomenclature

   Synonym: fruticosus

Derived terms

• Argyranthemum frutescens
• Bulbine frutescens
• Capsicum frutescens
• Leucophyllum frutescens
• Orphium frutescens
• Perilla frutescens
• Sutherlandia frutescens
• Wisteria frutescens

 

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of New Latin frutēscō, possibly formed from frutex (“shrub”) and the inchoative verbal suffix -ēscō (“to become”).

Participle

frutēscēns (genitive frutēscentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. (botany, New Latin) shrublike

   Synonym: fruticosus

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	frutēscēns			frutēscentēs	frutēscentia
Genitive	frutēscentis			frutēscentium
Dative	frutēscentī			frutēscentibus
Accusative	frutēscentem	frutēscēns		frutēscentēs frutēscentīs	frutēscentia
Ablative	frutēscente frutēscentī1			frutēscentibus
Vocative	frutēscēns			frutēscentēs	frutēscentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• English: frutescent
• French: frutescent
• Translingual: frutescens