ramulose, a. Bot. and Zool.
(ˈræmjʊləʊs)
[ad. L. rāmulōsus (applied by Pliny to veined leaves); see ramulus and -ose.]
Characterized by ramuli.
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Leaf, Ramulose Leaf, a kind of compound leaf, in which there are several foliola sustained on a branched petiole. 1872 H. C. Wood Fresh-w. Algæ 207 Fascia..densely clothed with penicillately ramulose fasciculi. |
Hence
ramuloso-pinnate,
ramulose-verrucose adjs. So
ˈramulous a. [see
-ous].
| 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 650 Flabellate and ramuloso⁓pinnate. Ibid. 520 Corallum with the branchlets subulate, ramulose-verrucose above. |
| 1664 Power Exp. Philos. i. 29 About the joynts and ramulous divisions. 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 607 Carnose Alcyonidæ, ramulous or fruticulose. |