ramose
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of ramose
1680–90; < Latin rāmōsus full of boughs, equivalent to rām ( us ) branch ( see ramus) + -ōsus -ose 1
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With almost a dozen immortal emperors jostling for position, high-level Inka society was characterized by ramose political intrigue of a scale that would have delighted the Medici.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Botanical Description.—A small plant with stem red, straight, quadrate, ramose.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
Lindheimeri, 3 to 5 ft., is much branched, with elegant white and red flowers of the onagraceous type, in long slender ramose spikes during the late summer and autumn months.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
Flowers between yellow and red outside and straw-colored inside, in racemes on a cylindrical scape 3° or more high, sometimes ramose, peduncles very short.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
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