The Collaborative International Dictionary
Frutescent
Frutescent \Fru*tes"cent\, a. [L. frutex, fruticis, shrub, bush: cf. F. frutescent, L. fruticescens, p. pr.] (Bot.) Somewhat shrubby in character; imperfectly shrubby, as the American species of Wisteria.
Wiktionary
frutescent
Imperfectly resembling a shru