Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made of twigs or shoots.
- In botany, made up of or bearing long, flexible twigs; viminal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to twigs; made of pliant twigs.
- adjective (Bot.) Producing long, slender twigs or shoots.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
twigs . - adjective botany Producing long, slender
twigs orshoots .
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
The Heavenly Twins Madame Sarah Grand
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Likewise to make carts, because it is exceeding light; for vine, and hop-props, and divers vimineous works.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
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As in a hive's vimineous dome Ten thoufand bees enjoy their home;.
The Works of the English Poets.: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical 1779
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