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CIDE DICTIONARY
sarmentose, a. [L. sarmentosus: cf. F. sarmenteux. See Sarment.].
Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a sarmentose stem. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sarmentose, adj. (also sarmentous) Bot. having long thin trailing shoots.
Etymology
L sarmentosus f. sarmenta (pl.) twigs, brushwood, f. sarpere to prune
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