sar·men·tose (sär-m n t s )adj. Botany Having slender prostrate stolons, as in the strawberry. [Latin sarment sus, full of twigs, from sarmentum, twigs.] |
sarmentose [sɑːˈmɛntəʊs], sarmentous [sɑːˈmɛntəs], sarmentaceous [ˌsɑːmənˈteɪʃəs]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of plants such as the strawberry) having stems in the form of runners
[from Latin sarmentōsus full of twigs, from sarmentum brushwood, from sarpere to prune]
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