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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rāmōsus.
Adjective
ramose (comparative more ramose, superlative most ramose)
- Having branches; branching
1837, J. O. Westwood, “Art. VIII. Description of a new Genus of British parasitic Hymenopterous Insects.”, in Magazine of Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology, Longmans, page 258:But it is chiefly in the interesting family Chalcídidæ that we find the greatest number of species having ramose antennæ.
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Italian
Adjective
ramose f pl
- feminine plural of ramoso
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Latin
Adjective
rāmōse
- vocative masculine singular of rāmōsus