sarmentose

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sarmentose - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sarmentose \Sar`men*tose"\ (? or ?), a. [L. sarmentosus: cf. F.
     sarmenteux. See Sarment.] (Bot.)
     (a) Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only
         leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a
         sarmentose stem.
     (b) Bearing sarments; sarmentaceous.
         [1913 Webster]