Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUF-FRU'TI-COSE
SUF-FRU-TES'CENTSUF-FU'MI-GATE
SUF-FRU'TI-COSE, a. [L. sub and fruticosus; frutex, a shrub.]
In botany, under-shrubby, or part shrubby; permanent or woody at the base, but the yearly branches decaying; a sage, thyme, hyssop, &c. Martyn. – Cyc.
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