suf|fru|tex

suf|fru|tex
suf|fru|tex «SUHF ru tehks», noun, plural suf|fru|ti|ces «suh FROO tuh seez». Botany.
1. an undershrub, or very small shrub; a low plant with decidedly woody stems, as the trailing arbutus.
2. a plant having a woody base but a herbaceous annual growth above.
[< New Latin suffrutex < sub- under + frutex frutex]

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