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ramose

ramose adjective: having branches; branching.

Adjective

ramose (comparative more ramose, superlative most ramose)

  1. Having branches; branching
    • But it is chiefly in the interesting family Chalcídidæ that we find the greatest number of species having ramose antennæ.1837, J. O. Westwood, “Art. VIII. Description of a new Genus of British parasitic Hymenopterous Insects.”, in Magazine of Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and...

Forms of ramose

comparativemore ramose
superlativemost ramose

Origin of ramose

Borrowed from Latin rāmōsus.

Words formed from ramose

Questions about ramose

What does ramose mean?
Ramose means having branches; branching.
What part of speech is ramose?
Ramose is an adjective.

Words near ramose in the dictionary

  1. Ramornie
  2. Ramos
  3. Ramos gin fizz
  4. Ramos gin fizzes
  5. Ramos-Arroyo syndrome
  6. ramose
  7. ramosely
  8. ramosetron
  9. Ramoshi
  10. ramosity
  11. ramotuberculate

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