frutice

Borrowed from Latin fruticem (“shrub”), of uncertain origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfru.ti.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -utitʃe
• Hyphenation: frù‧ti‧ce

frutice m (plural frutici)

1. (botany) shrub

   Synonym: arbusto

   • 1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook]‎^[1], page 3:

     Le piante sono ò arbori, ò herbe, ò frutici ò sterpi

     Plants are trees or herbs or shrubs or twigs.

• fruticeto
• suffrutice

• frutice in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfrʊ.tɪ.kɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfruː.t̪i.t͡ʃe]

frutice

1. ablative singular of frutex