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sarmentaceous

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sar⋅men⋅tose

[sahr-men-tohs]
–adjective Botany.
having runners.
Also, sar⋅men⋅tous [sahr-men-tuhs] , sar⋅men⋅ta⋅ceous [sahr-muhn-tey-shuhs] .


Origin:
1750–60; < L sarmentōsus, equiv. to sarment(um) twig + -ōsus -ose 1
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Main Entry: sar·men·tose
Pronunciation: 'sär-m&n-"tOs
Function: noun
: a sugar C7H14O4 that isobtained from sarmentocymarin by hydrolysis and that is stereoisomeric with cymarose and closely related to digitalose
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