fruticant

English

Etymology

From Latin fruticans, present participle of fruticare (“to become bushy”), from frutex, fruticis (“shrub”).

Adjective

fruticant (comparative more fruticant, superlative most fruticant)

  1. (obsolete) Full of shoots.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fruticant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

fruticant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of fruticō
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