Definition of Fruticose. Meaning of Fruticose. Synonyms of Fruticose

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Definition of Fruticose

Fruticose
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.

Meaning of Fruticose from wikipedia

- A fruticose lichen is a form of lichen fungi that is characterized by a coral-like shrubby or bushy growth structure. It is formed from a symbiotic relationship...
- plant-like, but are not plants. They may have tiny, leafless branches (fruticose); flat leaf-like structures (foliose); grow crust-like, adhering tightly...
- filamentous, foliose, fruticose, gelatinous, leprose, placoidioid and squamulose. Traditionally, crustose (flat), foliose (leafy) and fruticose (shrubby) are...
- Usnea strigosa, commonly known as bushy beard lichen, is a fruticose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Usnea strigosa has worldwide distribution. It...
- Having a tight attachment to a surface. adventive branching Referring to fruticose lichens, a branching pattern that is unusual or abnormal, like that which...
- Usnea is a genus of mostly pale grayish-green fruticose lichens that grow like leafless mini-shrubs or t****els anc****d on bark or twigs.: 203  The genus...
- living in the rocks. [1] Foliose lichens have leaf-like thalli, while the fruticose lichens are like small bushes. They are attached to the substratum at...
- the British soldiers lichen or the British soldiers cup lichen, is a fruticose, cup lichen belonging to the family Cladoniaceae. The species was first...
- De****bent: A stem that lies flat on the ground and turns upwards at the ends. Fruticose: Stems that grow shrublike with woody like habit. Herbaceous: Non woody...
- Usnea filipendula, the fishbone beard lichen, is a pale gray-green fruticose lichen with a pendant growth form, growing in up to 20 cm many-branching...