fruticulose

1. 1.

   of or relating to or resembling a shrub

   Synonymsshrubbyfruticose

Questions about fruticulose

What does fruticulose mean?

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

How many syllables are in fruticulose?

fruticulose has 4 syllables: fru-ti-cu-lose. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for fruticulose?

Close synonyms include shrubby, fruticose. 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 fruticulose a common word?

fruticulose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.