sarmentose


sar·men·tose

S0092000 (sär-mĕn′tōs′)adj. Botany Having slender prostrate stolons or branches.
[Latin sarmentōsus, full of twigs, from sarmentum, twigs.]

sarmentose

(sɑːˈmɛntəʊs) ,

sarmentous

or

sarmentaceous

adj (Botany) (of plants such as the strawberry) having stems in the form of runners[C18: from Latin sarmentōsus full of twigs, from sarmentum brushwood, from sarpere to prune]

sar•men•tose

(sɑrˈmɛn toʊs)

also sar•men•tous

(-təs)

sar•men•ta•ceous

(ˌsɑr mənˈteɪ ʃəs)

adj. (of a plant) having runners. [1750–60; < Latin sarmentōsus=sarment(um) twig + -ōsus -ose1]