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ramose

American  
[rey-mohs, ruh-mohs] / ˈreɪ moʊs, rəˈmoʊs /

adjective

  1. having many branches.

  2. branching.


ramose British  
/ ˈreɪməʊs, ræˈmɒsɪtɪ, ˈreɪməs, ræˈməʊs /

adjective

  1. having branches

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

Botanical Description.—A small plant with stem red, straight, quadrate, ramose.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Ocymoidea, Salvia! erect, ramose, foliis rugosis, verticillatis; spicatis racemosis. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

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 Thomas, Jerome Beers

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