Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fruticose \Fru"ti*cose`\, a. [L. fruticosus, from frutex,
   fruticis, shrub] (Bot.)
   Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub;
   shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem. --Gray.

Source : WordNet®

fruticose
     adj : of or relating to or resembling a shrub [syn: {shrubby}, {fruticulose}]