† ramentiferousadj.
Chiefly Botany. Obsolete. rare.
= ramentaceous adj. 1.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [adjective] > having bracts, etc.
scaly1597
paleaceous1648
squamous1658
paleated1661
paled1704
squamose1731
leprous1759
spathaceous1760
squarrose1760
comose1793
glumose1793
ramentaceous1806
squarrous1806
leprose1818
squamate1826
glumaceous1828
bracteolate1830
lepidote1836
bracteate1839
spathose1839
squamulose1846
bracteated1852
bracted1854
obimbricate1857
squamaceous1857
squarrulose1857
ramentiferous1858
furfuraceous1860
tribracteate1870
tribracteolate1870
paleate1879
bracteose1880
1858 W. H. Harvey Nereis Boreali-Americana iii.13 in Smithsonian Contrib. Knowl. 10 In several Australian and some Pacific species, the surculi are equally ramentiferous with the fronds, though the ramenta they bear are often of a different shape.
1886 Athenæum 27 Nov. 711/2 The ramentiferous surfaces not extending to the apex.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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