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vimineous, a. Now rare.|vɪˈmɪnɪəs|
Also 7 viminious.
[f. L. vīmine-us (f. vīmin-, vīmen: see prec.) + -ous.]
1. Made of pliable twigs or wickerwork.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 189 Chirurgions have invented an æstuary of a vimineous texture like a bird-cage. 1664Evelyn Sylva 37 The Timber is incomparable.., because it is exceedingly light, for Vine, and Hop-props, and divers viminious works. 1717Prior Alma iii. 172 As in a Hive's vimineous Dome, Ten thousand Bees enjoy their Home. 1736H. Brooke Univ. Beauty vi. 309 Here lightly some vimineous burdens bear.
2. Bot. Producing long, flexible shoots or twigs.
1664Evelyn Sylva 3 Willows, and all the Vimineous kinds, which are raised of Sets only. 1694Westmacott Script. Herb. 154 This vimineous Tree [poplar] is properly but of two kinds. Ibid. 222 This [the willow] is one of the Vimineous family. 1731P. Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Vegetation, In some, it [the principle of life] is seated both in the Roots, and all over the Trunk and Branches; as, in the Vimineous or Willow Kinds. 1857A. Gray First Less. Bot. 236 Vimineous, producing slender twigs, such as those used for wicker-work. 1866Treas. Bot. 1216/2. |