the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Branched, as the stem or root of a plant; having lateral divisions; consisting of, or having, branches; full of branches; ramifying; branching; branchy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Same as ramous.
In zoology:
Branching; much-branched; ramifying frequently, as corals and other zoöphytes; ramous.
Resembling a branch or branches; shooting out like a branch: as, the ramose spines of some shells.
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adj. having branches
Word Usage
"-- A shrub, 7-9° high, with a straight, ramose trunk 3-4 'in diameter."