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Definition of: suffrutex
(suf′rə·teks) noun Bot.
1. An under-shrub; a small plant having a decidedly woody stem.
2. An herb with a permanent woody base. [<NL <L sub- under, less than + frutex, -icis a shrub]
—suf′fru·tes′cent (-tes′ənt) adjective
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