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Sarmentose

Sarˊmen-tose′

(? or ?)

,

Adj.

[L.

sarmentosus

: cf. F.

sarmenteux

. See

.]

(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.