Definitions for "Sarmentose"
adj. (L. sarmentosus, fr. sarmentum, twig; plus, -osus, -ose) producing slender prostrate branches or runners.
A sarmentose is a type of plant which has long slender stolons, or "runners". An example sarmentose is the strawberry.
Keywords:  sarmentaceous, bearing
Bearing sarments; sarmentaceous.
Keywords:  filiform, naked, strikes, stem, root
Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a sarmentose stem.