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FRUTEX
Etymology
Noun
frutex (plural frutexes or frutices)
(botany) A plant with a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.
Source: Wiktionary
Fru"tex, n. Etym: [L.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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