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suffrutescent

suf·fru·tes·cent
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suhf-roo-tes-uh nt]
    • /ˌsʌf rʊˈtɛs ənt/
    • /sˌʌfruːtˈesənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suhf-roo-tes-uh nt]
    • /ˌsʌf rʊˈtɛs ənt/

Definition of suffrutescent word

  • adjective suffrutescent partially or slightly woody; subshrubby. 1
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Origin of suffrutescent

First appearance:

before 1810
One of the 40% newest English words
1810-20; < New Latin suffrutēscent- (stem of suffrutēscēns), equivalent to Latin suf- suf- + New Latin frut- (shortened stem of Latin frutex shrub, bush) + Latin -ēscent- -escent

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Parts of speech for Suffrutescent

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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suffrutescent popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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