Definitions

1. noun

A thicket or a small thorny shrub, typically of the genus Rhamnus or Pyracantha.

“The wild frutices in the forest provided a natural barrier against predators.”

2. verb

To grow or become shrub-like, especially to form dense thickets of small thorny branches.

“The once-tall trees began to frutices over the years, becoming a thorny barrier to the nearby path.”