Suffrutescent vs Suffrutex - What's the difference?
suffrutescent | suffrutex | Related terms |
A subshrub.
* 1691 , (John Ray), The Wi?dom of God Manife?ted in the Works of the Creation , William Innys and Richard Manby at the West-End of St. Paul’s (tenth edition, 1735), “A Di?cour?e in the Per?on of Almighty God to Man”,
Suffrutescent is a related term of suffrutex.
As an adjective suffrutescent
is (botany) slightly woody or shrubby at the base.As a noun suffrutex is
a subshrub.suffrutex
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Noun
(suffrutices)page 162:
- Till and manure thy Fields, ?ow them with thy Seeds; extirpate noxious and unprofitable Herbs; guard them from the Inva?ion and Spoil of Bea?ts; clear and fence in thy Meadows and Pa?tures; dre?s and prune thy Vines, and ?o rank and di?po?e them as is mo?t ?uitable to the Climate; plant thee Orchards, with all Sorts of Fruit-Trees, in ?uch Order as may be mo?t beautiful to the Eye, and mo?t comprehen?ive of Plants; Gardens for culinary Herbs, and all Kinds of Salleting; for delectable Flowers, to gratify the Eye with their agreeable Colours and Figures, and thy Scent with their fragrant Odours; for Odoriferous and Ever-green Shrubs and Suffrutices ; for Exotick and Medicinal Plants of all Sorts; and di?po?e them in that comely Order, as may be both plea?ant to behold, and commodious for Acce?s.