The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fruticose adj 1: of or relating to or resembling a shrub [syn: shrubby, fruticose, fruticulose]