subshrub

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | 218 words | Copyright

subshrub A plant, smaller than a shrub, which produces wood only at its base and has abundant growth branching upwards from the base, the upper stems dying back at the end of each growing season. Compare HERB and TREE.

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