Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A scion or cutting.
- noun Same as
sarmentum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See
runner .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A
prostrate filiform stem orrunner , as of thestrawberry .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The French call this method sarment (pronounced sar-MO), and the Spanish call it sarmiento.
Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn: How to Grill Great Steakhouse Steaks 2010
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I give but one remark: "Bless that good man who came in the church so quick," said a venerable matron as she left the church door, "how he was affected by the _sarment_."
Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Louise Manly 1896
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"I likes a good long sarment, I doos; so as when you wakes up it ain't all over."
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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The women make the bundles of sarment, weed, pull off the snails, tie the vines, and gather the grapes.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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Citroën); le sarment (m) = twining (vine shoot); la betterave (f) = beet;
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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Citroën); le sarment (m) = twining (vine shoot); la betterave (f) = beet;
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Citroën); le sarment (m) = twining (vine shoot); la betterave (f) = beet;
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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Citroën); le sarment (m) = twining (vine shoot); la betterave (f) = beet;
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Citroën); le sarment (m) = twining (vine shoot); la betterave (f) = beet;
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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