- sarmentous
- sar·men·tous
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sarmentous
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Sarmentous — Sar*men tous, a. (Bot.) Sarmentose. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sarmentous — (ˈ)sär|mentəs adjective Etymology: Latin sarmentosus : sarmentose … Useful english dictionary
sarmentose — /sahr men tohs/, adj. Bot. having runners. Also, sarmentous /sahr men teuhs/, sarmentaceous /sahr meuhn tay sheuhs/. [1750 60; < L sarmentosus, equiv. to sarment(um) twig + osus OSE1] * * * … Universalium
sarmentum — n. (pl. ta) Bot., runner. ♦ sarmentaceous, sarmentiferous, sarmentose, sarmentous, a. producing sarmenta … Dictionary of difficult words
sarmentose — adj. (also sarmentous) Bot. having long thin trailing shoots. Etymology: L sarmentosus f. sarmenta (pl.) twigs, brushwood, f. sarpere to prune … Useful english dictionary
