suffrutex
English
Etymology
From the scientific Latin suffrutex. Cognate with the Italian suffrutice and the Spanish sufrútice.
Pronunciation
Noun
suffrutex (plural suffrutices)
- A subshrub.
- 1691, John Ray, The Wiſdom of God Manifeſted in the Works of the Creation, William Innys and Richard Manby at the West-End of St. Paul’s (tenth edition, 1735), “A Diſcourſe in the Perſon of Almighty God to Man”, page 162:
- Till and manure thy Fields, ſow them with thy Seeds; extirpate noxious and unprofitable Herbs; guard them from the Invaſion and Spoil of Beaſts; clear and fence in thy Meadows and Paſtures; dreſs and prune thy Vines, and ſo rank and diſpoſe them as is moſt ſuitable to the Climate; plant thee Orchards, with all Sorts of Fruit-Trees, in ſuch Order as may be moſt beautiful to the Eye, and moſt comprehenſive 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 diſpoſe them in that comely Order, as may be both pleaſant to behold, and commodious for Acceſs.
- 1691, John Ray, The Wiſdom of God Manifeſted in the Works of the Creation, William Innys and Richard Manby at the West-End of St. Paul’s (tenth edition, 1735), “A Diſcourſe in the Perſon of Almighty God to Man”, page 162:
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
New Latin; from sub + frutex.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsuf.fru.teks/, [ˈs̠ʊfːrʊt̪ɛks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsuf.fru.teks/, [ˈsufːrut̪eks]
Noun
suffrutex m (genitive suffruticis); third declension
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Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | suffrutex | suffruticēs |
| genitive | suffruticis | suffruticum |
| dative | suffruticī | suffruticibus |
| accusative | suffruticem | suffruticēs |
| ablative | suffrutice | suffruticibus |
| vocative | suffrutex | suffruticēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: suffrutex
- Italian: suffrutice
- Spanish: sufrútice
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