frutescens
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin frutescens.
Adjective[edit]
frutescens
- (botany) frutescent; used as specific epithet in binomial nomenclature
- Synonym: fruticosus
Derived terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Present active participle of New Latin frutēscō, possibly formed from frutex (“shrub”) and the inchoative verbal suffix -ēscō (“to become”).
Participle[edit]
frutēscēns (genitive frutēscentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- (botany, New Latin) shrublike
- Synonym: fruticosus
Declension[edit]
Third-declension participle.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | frutēscēns | frutēscentēs | frutēscentia | ||
Genitive | frutēscentis | frutēscentium | |||
Dative | frutēscentī | frutēscentibus | |||
Accusative | frutēscentem | frutēscēns | frutēscentēs frutēscentīs |
frutēscentia | |
Ablative | frutēscente frutēscentī1 |
frutēscentibus | |||
Vocative | frutēscēns | frutēscentēs | frutēscentia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants[edit]
- English: frutescent
- French: frutescent
- Translingual: frutescens