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dumous

dumous adjective: abounding with bushes and briars.

Adjective

dumous (comparative more dumous, superlative most dumous)

  1. Abounding with bushes and briars.
  2. Having a compact, bushy form.
    • R. fastigiatum, with tufts of blue flowers, about a foot high, and R. verruculosum, even smaller, of a dumose habit; few but bigger flowers than R. fastigiatum and of a deeper blue colour.1920 June, W. P. M., “A Visit to Rostrevor House Garden in May”, in J. W. Besant, editor, Irish Gardening, volume 15, number 172, page 82

Forms of dumous

comparativemore dumous
superlativemost dumous
alternative formdumose

Origin of dumous

Latin dumōsus (“overgrown with thorns or briars”)

Questions about dumous

What does dumous mean?
Dumous means abounding with bushes and briars.
What part of speech is dumous?
Dumous is an adjective.

Words near dumous in the dictionary

  1. dumose
  2. dumoside
  3. dumosity
  4. Dumoulin
  5. Dumoulins
  6. dumous
  7. dump
  8. dump and burn
  9. dump bin
  10. dump bins
  11. dump cake

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