frutescens

Translingual

Etymology

Adjective

frutescens

(botany) frutescent; used as specific epithet in binomial nomenclature
Synonym: fruticosus

Derived terms

Argyranthemum frutescens
Bulbine frutescens
Capsicum frutescens
Leucophyllum frutescens
Orphium frutescens
Perilla frutescens
Sutherlandia frutescens
Wisteria frutescens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of New Latin frutēscō, possibly formed from frutex (“shrub”) and the inchoative verbal suffix -ēscō (“to become”).

Participle

frutēscēns (genitive frutēscentis); third-declension one-termination participle

(botany, New Latin) shrublike
Synonym: fruticosus

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	frutēscēns		frutēscentēs	frutēscentia
Genitive	frutēscentis		frutēscentium
Dative	frutēscentī		frutēscentibus
Accusative	frutēscentem	frutēscēns	frutēscentēs frutēscentīs	frutēscentia
Ablative	frutēscente frutēscentī¹		frutēscentibus
Vocative	frutēscēns		frutēscentēs	frutēscentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

English: frutescent
French: frutescent
Translingual: frutescens

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