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vimineous
[ vi-min-ee-uhs ]
adjective
Botany.
- of, like, or producing long, flexible shoots.
- of or made of twigs.
vimineous
/ ±¹ÉªËˆ³¾Éª²Ôɪə²õ /
adjective
- rare.botany having, producing, or resembling long flexible shoots
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of vimineous1
1645–55; < Latin ±¹Ä«³¾¾±²Ô±ð³Ü²õ made of osiers, equivalent to ±¹Ä«³¾¾±²Ô- (stem of ±¹Ä«³¾±ð²Ô ) osier + -eus -eous
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of vimineous1
C17: from Latin ±¹Ä«³¾¾±²Ô±ð³Ü²õ made of osiers, from ±¹Ä«³¾±ð²Ô flexible shoot
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Vimineous, producing slender twigs, such as those used for wicker-work.
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Likewise to make carts, because it is exceeding light; for vine, and hop-props, and divers vimineous works.
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He noticed some detail of the stonework in the arch as he swam toward it; he noticed the poplars, some three or four of different heights, which stood up all stiff and vimineous as seen from below, beside it; he remembered the Boy once saying they looked like hairy caterpillars standing on their heads, and smiled even now at the quaint conceit.
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