noun

frŭtectum

gen. frŭtecti · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

or , , contr. from fruticetum

a place full of shrubs; bushes

a place full of shrubs or bushes.

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Lit.: ager frutectis aut arboribus obsessus, Col. 3, 11, 3: rosa silvestris in frutecto, Plin. 25, 2, 6, § 17: tenebrosa, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 872: acuta, id. Psych. 443; Vulg. Jer. 11, 16.—*

a shrub by extension •

Transf., a shrub: id frutectum (sc. cinnamum), Sol. 30, § 25.

Perseus ID: n18909 Key: frutectum