adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Having woody stems and branches; shrubby

   "Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake."

2. 2
   Having a shrub-like or hairy thallus attached to the substrate at a single point.

Adjective

1. 1
   of or relating to or resembling a shrub wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

fruticulosefruticuloseshrubbyshrubby

Example

More examples

"Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake."

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