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单词 ramiflorous
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ramiflorousadj.

Brit. /rəˈmɪfl(ə)rəs/, /ˌramᵻˈflɔːrəs/, U.S. /rəˈmɪfl(ə)rəs/, /ˌræməˈflɔrəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ramiflorus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin ramiflorus (1753 as a specific epithet; < classical Latin rāmus branch (see ramus n.) + scientific Latin -florus : see -florous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare French ramiflore (1869–70 in Littré).
Botany.
Of a plant: having flowers or fruit borne directly on (older or larger) branches. Also: (of a flower or fruit) growing from a branch; designating or relating to this habit of growth. Cf. cauliflorous adj.
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1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1068/1 Ramiflorus, applied to a plant the flowers of which grow upon the branches, as the Rhamnus ramiflorus; ramiflorous.
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. Gloss. 430/1 Ramiflorous (-us), flowering on the branches.
1958 Brittonia 10 31 Perhaps the most significant difference is the ramiflorous inflorescence of the new variety.
1967 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 253 93 This species is very variable in the..position of the figs which varies from ramiflorous to mainly cauliflorous in different trees.
1994 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 81 147/1 Flowering in P[olyalthia] glauca is primarily ramiflorous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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