Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having branches; branched.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the trophi of rotifers, having the rami crossed by two or three teeth, the fulcrum rudimentary and the manubria absent.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having branches

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin rāmus, branch; see ramus + –ate.]

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  • The phrases like yatra nari pujayte ramate tatra devata may be a thing of past.

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