suffrutescent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
suffrutescent
    adj 1: of a plant; having a woody base that does not die down
           each year
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Suffrutescent \Suf`fru*tes"cent\, a. [Pref. suf- + frutescent.]
   (Bot.)
   Slightly woody at the base.
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