'Fruticose' definitions:

Definition of 'fruticose'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or resembling a shrub [syn: shrubby, fruticose, fruticulose]

Definition of 'Fruticose'

From: GCIDE
  • Fruticose \Fru"ti*cose`\, a. [L. fruticosus, from frutex, fruticis, shrub] (Bot.) Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem. --Gray. [1913 Webster]