ramiferousadj.

?1790 T. May Poems on Var. Subj. 81 How oft did he, sad shepherd! rove Far from his flock, 'mid some ramiferous grove.

1819 H. Busk Banquet i. 249 The broad elm, ramiferous o'er head.

1856 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 83 Shaft knotty, genicula tumid, ramiferous.

1925 P. Radin & V. C. C. Collum tr. E. Perrier Earth before Hist. 116 The three great types of ramiferous organisms: the Sponges.., the Polyps.., and the Bryozoa.

1977 Times 14 Mar. 5/3 Barons Howard of Penrith and Strathcona have been summoned, along with the heads of other branches of the ramiferous family.

1993 Trans. Mycol. Soc. Japan 34 357 Secondary axes of the thallus are broad, with two short lower cells subtending two long cells and an apical short, stout, ramiferous cell.