subshrub
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- plant life-form
- Subclass of
- plant
- Part of
- chamaephyte
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A subshrub (Latin suffrutex), undershrub, or shrublet is either a small shrub (e.g. prostrate shrubs) or a perennial that is largely herbaceous but slightly woody at the base (e.g. garden pink and florist's chrysanthemum). The term is often interchangeable with "bush".
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