suffrutex

Other forms of suffrutex

plural

suffrutexes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about suffrutex

What does suffrutex mean?

suffrutex means "low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base".

How many syllables are in suffrutex?

suffrutex has 3 syllables: suf-fru-tex. The stress falls on "suf".

What is another word for suffrutex?

Close synonyms include subshrub. 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 suffrutex a common word?

suffrutex 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.