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sarmentose definition

sar·men·tose (sär men′tōs)

adjective

producing long, slender stems which take root along the ground, as the strawberry plant

Etymology: L sarmentosus, full of twigs < sarmentum, twig < sarpere, to trim, cut off < IE base *ser(p)-, sickle > Gr harpē, Latvian sirpis

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