📖 Definitions of "Ramus"
noun
- 1
A small spray or twig.
- 2
A branching, as of nerves or blood vessels.
- 3
The stem of a barb of a feather, from which the barbules extend.
- 4
A bony projection, particularly of the jaw, but also in the groin area, both subject to the maturing process of symphysis.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ramus"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ischiopubic | (medicine) Of or pertaining to the ischium and pubis. |
| sprignoun | A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray. |
| spraynoun | A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid. |
| rhamnusnoun | (botany) Any of the plants in the genus Rhamnus; a buckthorn. |
| bramblenoun | Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper. |
| twignoun | A small thin branch of a tree or bush. |
| rameenoun | Archaic form of ramie. [(usually countable) A tall, tropical Asian perennial herb, of species Boehmeria nivea, cultivated for its fibrous stems.] |
| buckramnoun | A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise. |
| springnoun | (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump. |
| tentwortnoun | (archaic) A small fern, Asplenium ruta-muraria. |
| paniclenoun | (botany) A compound raceme. |
| arboretnoun | (obsolete) A grove, shrubbery or arbour |
| ramsonsnoun | A wild relative of chives, of species Allium ursinum, having edible leaves and roots. |
| shootlingnoun | A small or young shoot (plant); sproutling |
| dewberrynoun | The purple to black berries of these plants. |
| ramoonnoun | The ramoon-tree |
| ramsonnoun | A plant, Allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives and garlic. |
| srubnoun | Alternative form of shrub (“a drink of fruit juice, spirits, etc.”). [A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.] |
| burbarknoun | A tropical shrub of the genus Triumfetta. |
| stalkletnoun | A little stalk. |
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