Lewis & Short

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frŭtectum or frutētum, i, n. [contr. from fruticetum], a place full of shrubs or bushes.

  1. 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.
  2. * II. Transf., a shrub: id frutectum (sc. cinnamum), Sol. 30, § 25.