fruticose

1. 1.

   of or relating to or resembling a shrub

   Synonymsshrubbyfruticulose

Questions about fruticose

What does fruticose mean?

fruticose means "of or relating to or resembling a shrub".

How many syllables are in fruticose?

fruticose has 3 syllables and divides as fru-ti-cose under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for fruticose?

Close synonyms include shrubby, fruticulose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fruticose a common word?

fruticose is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.