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    frutex
CIDE DICTIONARY
frutex, n. [L.]. 
                                            
                                         A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.                                                                                 [1913 Webster]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                    OXFORD DICTIONARY
frutex, n.  (pl.  frutices) Bot.  a woody-stemmed plant smaller than a tree; a shrub.
                    Etymology
                        L frutex fruticis
                                    
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