different between suffruticose vs suffrutex

English

Etymology

sub- +? fruticose

Adjective

suffruticose (comparative more suffruticose, superlative most suffruticose)

1. (botany) Having a woody base, but shrubby higher up

Translations

Italian

Adjective

suffruticose

1. feminine plural of suffruticoso

English

Etymology

From the scientific Latin suffrutex. Cognate with the Italian suffrutice and the Spanish sufrútice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?f?u?t?ks/

Noun

suffrutex (plural suffrutices)

1. A subshrub.
   • 1691, John Ray, The Wi?dom of God Manife?ted in the Works of the Creation, William Innys and Richard Manby at the West-End of St. Paul’s (tenth edition, 1735), “A Di?cour?e in the Per?on of Almighty God to Man”, page 162:

     Till and manure thy Fields, ?ow them with thy Seeds; extirpate noxious and unprofitable Herbs; guard them from the Inva?ion and Spoil of Bea?ts; clear and fence in thy Meadows and Pa?tures; dre?s and prune thy Vines, and ?o rank and di?po?e them as is mo?t ?uitable to the Climate; plant thee Orchards, with all Sorts of Fruit-Trees, in ?uch Order as may be mo?t beautiful to the Eye, and mo?t comprehen?ive of Plants; Gardens for culinary Herbs, and all Kinds of Salleting; for delectable Flowers, to gratify the Eye with their agreeable Colours and Figures, and thy Scent with their fragrant Odours; for Odoriferous and Ever-green Shrubs and Suffrutices; for Exotick and Medicinal Plants of all Sorts; and di?po?e them in that comely Order, as may be both plea?ant to behold, and commodious for Acce?s.

Related terms

• suffrutescent
• suffruticeous, suffruticious
• suffruticose
• suffruticous

Latin

Etymology

New Latin; from sub +? frutex.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?suf.fru.teks/, [?s??f???t??ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?suf.fru.teks/, [?suf??ut??ks]

Noun

suffrutex m (genitive suffruticis); third declension

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Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• frutex

Descendants

• English: suffrutex
• Italian: suffrutice
• Spanish: sufrútice

References

• suffrutex in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016