ramiparousadj.

Brit.

/rəˈmɪp(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/rəˈmɪp(ə)rəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin rāmus , -parous comb. form.

Etymology: < classical Latin rāmus branch (see ramus n.) + -parous comb. form, originally after French ramipare (1764 in the passage translated in quot. 1766).

rare.

Reproducing by branching; producing or having (many) branches. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1766 tr. C. Bonnet Contempl. Nature I. ix. viii. 238 The arm-polypus next appeared, and presented us with an animal, that, multiplying by slips, might with good reason be called ramiparous [Fr. ramipare].

1800 J. Anderson Recreations in Agric. II. 113 From the mode in which the young are here produced, some philosophers, in allusion to the terms viviparous and oviparous, have been disposed to call all those which multiply after this manner ramiparous creatures.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 957/1 Ramiparous, producing branches.

1931 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ (title) Back to Bool Bool; a ramiparous novel with several prominent characters and a hantle of others.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ramiparous
释义	ramiparousadj. Brit. /rəˈmɪp(ə)rəs/, U.S. /rəˈmɪp(ə)rəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin rāmus , -parous comb. form. Etymology: < classical Latin rāmus branch (see ramus n.) + -parous comb. form, originally after French ramipare (1764 in the passage translated in quot. 1766). rare. Reproducing by branching; producing or having (many) branches. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1766 tr. C. Bonnet Contempl. Nature I. ix. viii. 238 The arm-polypus next appeared, and presented us with an animal, that, multiplying by slips, might with good reason be called ramiparous [Fr. ramipare]. 1800 J. Anderson Recreations in Agric. II. 113 From the mode in which the young are here produced, some philosophers, in allusion to the terms viviparous and oviparous, have been disposed to call all those which multiply after this manner ramiparous creatures. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 957/1 Ramiparous, producing branches. 1931 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ (title) Back to Bool Bool; a ramiparous novel with several prominent characters and a hantle of others. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1766
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