Definition of ramose in English:
ramose
adjective ˈreɪməʊsˈraməʊs
technical Having branches; branched.
Example sentencesExamples
- Bioclasts have mixed orientation, but large ammonoids and ramose corals are invariably concordant.
- One of these species, a ramose form with thin branches, was not found in the coral reef zone lower in the section.
- As with ramose colonies, frondose forms were weakened when Sanctum laurentiensis mined out large chambers.
- In the root mantle, the borings are somewhat ramose and wind around the roots in the ground tissue.
- The coral reef horizon is 19 m thick and, based on observation of weathered exposures of some of the massive and ramose coral colonies, it probably had a meter or more of relief on its surface at the peak of reef development.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Latin ramosus, from ramus 'branch'.