frutescens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of New Latin frutēscō, possibly formed from frutex (“shrub”) and the inchoative verbal suffix -ēscō (“to become”).
Participle
frutēscēns m, f, n (genitive frutēscentis); third declension
- (New Latin) [being] shrublike (used as specific epithet in binomial nomenclature).
Inflection
Third declension.
| 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.
Derived terms
- frutescent
- Argyranthemum frutescens
- Bulbine frutescens
- Capsicum frutescens
- Leucophyllum frutescens
- Orphium frutescens
- Perilla frutescens
- Sutherlandia frutescens
- Wisteria frutescens