SARMENT

Etymology

Noun

sarment (plural sarments)

(botany) A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry.

Anagrams

• Arments, artsmen, martens, raments, smarten, starmen

Source: Wiktionary


Sar"ment, n. Etym: [L. sarmentum a twig, fr. sarpere to cut off, to trim: cf. F. sarment.] (Bot.)

Definition: A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawbwrry. See Runner.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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