Suffrutex

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsÊŒfɹuːtÉ›ks/

Origin

From the scientific Latin suffrutex. Cognate with the Italian suffrutice and the Spanish sufrútice.

Full definition of suffrutex

Noun

1. A subshrub.
• 1691, John Ray, The WiÅ¿dom of God ManifeÅ¿ted in the Works of the Creation, William Innys and Richard Manby at the West-End of St. Paul’s (tenth edition, 1735), “A DiÅ¿courÅ¿e in the PerÅ¿on of Almighty God to Man”, page 162:Till and manure thy Fields, Å¿ow them with thy Seeds; extirpate noxious and unprofitable Herbs; guard them from the InvaÅ¿ion and Spoil of BeaÅ¿ts; clear and fence in thy Meadows and PaÅ¿tures; dreÅ¿s and prune thy Vines, and Å¿o rank and diÅ¿poÅ¿e them as is moÅ¿t Å¿uitable to the Climate; plant thee Orchards, with all Sorts of Fruit-Trees, in Å¿uch Order as may be moÅ¿t beautiful to the Eye, and moÅ¿t comprehenÅ¿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 diÅ¿poÅ¿e them in that comely Order, as may be both pleaÅ¿ant to behold, and commodious for AcceÅ¿s.

Related terms

• suffrutescent
• suffruticeous, suffruticious
• suffruticose
• suffruticous