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Ramose (adjective)
ramose [ rey-mohs, ruh-mohs ]


adjective
1. having many branches.
2. branching.

Other Word Forms
ra mose·ly adverb
ra·mos·i·ty [r, uh, -, mos, -i-tee], noun
mul ti·ra mose adjective
sub·ra mose adjective

Origin: 1680–90; < Latin rāmōsus full of boughs, equivalent to rām ( us ) branch ( ramus ) + -ōsus -ose

Example Sentences
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 Literature

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

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 Project Gutenberg

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