shrub, bush; shoot, stem, stalk, growth; "blockhead"
Latin word, found 25 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Georgics 2.21: silvarum fruticumque viret nemorumque sacrorum.
Ovid, Heroides 10.25: Mons fuit — apparent frutices in vertice rari;
Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.250: Et sine fronde frutex, et sine crine caput.
All forms of frutex