sarmentoseadj.
/sɑːmənˈtəʊs/ Botany.
(See quot. 1863.)
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running1548
spreading1560
flat1578
ramping1578
wandering1590
upcreeping1611
gadding1638
rambling1653
obsequious1657
reptant1657
scansive1657
scansory1657
procumbent1668
repent1669
scandenta1682
supine1686
scrambling1688
creeping1697
sarmentous1721
reptile1727
sarmentose1760
prostrate1773
trailing1785
decumbent1789
travelling1822
vagrant1827
sarmentaceous1830
humifuse1854
sarmentiferous1858
amphibryous1866
humistratous1880
climbing1882
clambering1883
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. iv. 165 Sarmentose; when they [sc. stems] are Repent and Subnude.
1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) III. 341 It's stem..is..knotty at intervals, and sarmentose, as that of the vine.
1863 G. Bentham Flora Austral. I. Introd. 5 Stems are..sarmentose, when the branches of a woody stem are long and weak, although scarcely climbing.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 108 Creeping herbs or sarmentose shrubs.
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