suffrutescent
/ˌsʌfruˈtɛsənt/
adjective
- Describing a plant that is woody at the base but has herbaceous (soft, non-woody) upper stems.
- Lavender is a suffrutescent shrub that grows well in sunny gardens.
- Many suffrutescent plants die back to the ground in winter but regrow from the woody base.
- The botanist identified the plant as suffrutescent because its lower stems were woody.
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