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suffrutex

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈsʌfɹuːtɛks/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A subshrub.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: subshrub

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shrub, bush

Narrower terms: darling pea, poison bush, blue star, Amsonia tabernaemontana, periwinkle, wild sarsaparilla, false sarsaparilla, wild sarsparilla, Aralia nudicaulis, American spikenard, petty morel, life-of-man, Aralia racemosa, bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparilla, dwarf elder, Aralia hispida, bloodleaf, desert plume, prince's-plume, Stanleya pinnata, Cleome pinnata, matilija poppy, California tree poppy, Romneya coulteri, burdock, clotbur, marguerite, marguerite daisy, Paris daisy, Chrysanthemum frutescens, Argyranthemum frutescens, wormwood, sagebrush, sage brush, bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-ticks, sticktight, centaury, matchweed, matchbush, guayule, Parthenium argentatum, American feverfew, wild quinine, prairie dock, Parthenium integrifolium, chaffweed, bastard pimpernel, false pimpernel, thrift, sea lavender, marsh rosemary, statice, corchorus, diapensia, loosestrife, deer grass, meadow beauty, St John's wort, false heather, golden heather, Hudsonia ericoides, beach heather, poverty grass, Hudsonia tomentosa, partridge pea, sensitive pea, wild sensitive plant, Chamaecrista fasciculata, Cassia fasciculata, sicklepod, Senna obtusifolia, Cassia tora, tick trefoil, beggar lice, beggar's lice, sweet vetch, Hedysarum boreale, French honeysuckle, sulla, Hedysarum coronarium, horseshoe vetch, Hippocrepis comosa, cube, prairie bird's-foot trefoil, compass plant, prairie lotus, prairie trefoil, Lotus americanus, coral gem, Lotus berthelotii, bird's foot trefoil, bird's foot clover, babies' slippers, bacon and eggs, Lotus corniculatus, wild lupine, sundial lupine, Indian beet, old-maid's bonnet, Lupinus perennis, restharrow, rest-harrow, Ononis repens, Ononis spinosa, hoary pea, prince's-feather, princess feather, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, Polygonum orientale, eriogonum, mountain avens, Dryas octopetala, avens, Western sand cherry, Rocky Mountains cherry, Prunus besseyi, woodruff, twinflower, Linnaea borealis, milkwort, caltrop, devil's weed, Tribulus terestris, pachysandra, pinwheel, Aeonium haworthii, phlomis, Jerusalem sage, Phlomis fruticosa, germander, blue curls, eryngo, eringo

History

Etymology

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