Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SAR-MENT'OUS
SAR-MA'TIAN, or SAR-MAT'ICSA-RON'IC
SAR-MENT'OUS, a. [L. sarmentosus, from sarmentum, a twig.]
A sarmentous stem, in botany, is one that is long and filiform and almost naked, or having only leaves in bunches at the joints or knots, where it strikes root. – Martyn.
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