What is "fruticose"

Fruticose \Fru"ti*cose`\, a. [L. fruticosus, from frutex, fruticis, shrub] (Bot.) Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem.
--Gray.

a. (context of a plant English) Having woody stems and branches; shrubby

adj. of or relating to or resembling a shrub [syn: shrubby, fruticulose]