frutescent
English edit
Etymology edit
About 1750, from Latin frutex (“shrub”) + -escent.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛsənt
Adjective edit
frutescent (comparative more frutescent, superlative most frutescent)
- Imperfectly resembling a shrub.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin frutescens.
Adjective edit
frutescent (feminine frutescente, masculine plural frutescents, feminine plural frutescentes)
- (botany) frutescent
- Synonyms: arbustif, frutiqueux
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- Baillon, Henri Ernest, 1876-1892. Dictionnaire de botanique. Hachette, Paris.
- “frutescent” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- Jouy, Alain & De Foucault, Bruno, 2019. Dictionnaire illustré de botanique. Biotope Éditions, Mèze, →ISBN., p. 121.
- “frutescent” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “frutescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French frutescent.
Adjective edit
frutescent m or n (feminine singular frutescentă, masculine plural frutescenți, feminine and neuter plural frutescente)
Declension edit
Declension of frutescent
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | frutescent | frutescentă | frutescenți | frutescente | ||
| definite | frutescentul | frutescenta | frutescenții | frutescentele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | frutescent | frutescente | frutescenți | frutescente | ||
| definite | frutescentului | frutescentei | frutescenților | frutescentelor | |||