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frutectum

frutectum · n

a place full of shrubs

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What it meant

frŭtectum — Lewis & Short

frŭtectum or frutētum, i, n.contr. from fruticetum,

I a place full of shrubs or bushes.
I 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.—*
II Transf., a shrub: id frutectum (sc. cinnamum), Sol. 30, § 25.

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