vimineous

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English

Etymology

From Latin vimineus, from vimen (“pliant twig”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

vimineous (comparative more vimineous, superlative most vimineous)

  1. Of or pertaining to twigs.
    Synonym: viminal
    • 1718, Mat Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: Jacob Tonson , and John Barber , →OCLC, canto III, page 365:
      As in a Hive's vimineous Dome, / Ten thouſand Bees enjoy their Home; / Each does her ſtudious Action vary, / To go and come, to fetch and carry: [...]
  2. (botany) Producing long, slender shoots or twigs.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “vimineous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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