Translingual

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin fruticosus.

Adjective

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fruticosus

  1. (botany) fruticose; used in taxonomic names for organisms

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Latin

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Etymology

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From frutex (bush, shrub)-ōsus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fruticōsus (feminine fruticōsa, neuter fruticōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (botany) bushy, shrubby; fruticose
    Synonyms: frutescens, fruticans

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative fruticōsus fruticōsa fruticōsum fruticōsī fruticōsae fruticōsa
genitive fruticōsī fruticōsae fruticōsī fruticōsōrum fruticōsārum fruticōsōrum
dative fruticōsō fruticōsae fruticōsō fruticōsīs
accusative fruticōsum fruticōsam fruticōsum fruticōsōs fruticōsās fruticōsa
ablative fruticōsō fruticōsā fruticōsō fruticōsīs
vocative fruticōse fruticōsa fruticōsum fruticōsī fruticōsae fruticōsa

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: fruticose
  • French: frutiqueux
  • Translingual: fruticosus
  • Portuguese: fruticoso

References

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  • fruticosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fruticosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fruticosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.