vimineous

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English

Etymology

From Latin vimineus, from vimen (pliant twig).

Adjective

vimineous (comparative more vimineous, superlative most vimineous)

  1. Of or pertaining to twigs.
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      in the hive's vimineous dome
  2. (botany) Producing long, slender twigs or shoots.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vimineous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)