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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Pref.

suf-

fruticose

(Bot.)

Woody in the lower part of the stem, but with the yearly branches herbaceous, as sage, thyme, hyssop, and the like.

suffruticose ‎(comparative more suffruticose, superlative most suffruticose)

botany: having a woody base, but shrubby higher up

suffruticose