fruticose

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

fruticose
    adj 1: of or relating to or resembling a shrub [syn: {shrubby},
           {fruticose}, {fruticulose}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]