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ramulose

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ram⋅u⋅lose

  [ram-yuh-lohs]
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–adjective Botany, Zoology.
having many small branches.
Also, ram⋅u⋅lous  [ram-yuh-luhs] .

Origin:
1745–55; < L rāmulōsus full of branching veins, equiv. to rāmul(us) little branch, twig (rām(us) branch + -ulus -ule ) + -ōsus -ose 1 ; see ramus
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ram·u·lose   (rām'yə-lōs')   
adj.  Having numerous small branches.

[Latin rāmulōsus, from rāmulus, diminutive of rāmus, branch; see ramus.]
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