ramuli

pl. [Latin nom. pl. of ramulus, dim in. of ramus a branch, a bough.] Bot .: Small branches, branchlets, twigs. răm-u-lōse, trăm-u-lous, a. [ Lat.ramulosus.] Bot.: Having many ramuli (q. v.); divided into from a ault; that which affords security or safety; a defense, a bulwark. "There aro no fences so strong, nor any ramparts so high, but daring and desultorious wits may either break through them or leap over them."- Water land ; Works, viii. 141. rā-mus ( pl. rāmī), s. [Lat. a branch.] 1. Anatomy: (1) A branch of an artery, vein, or nerve. (2) The male organ of generation. (3) Each of two branches or halves of the lower jaw in man and other vertebrates. The portion ramuscule which rises to articulate with the skull is called the ascending ramus. There are also a superior or ascending and an inferior or descending ramus in the pubic bone, and a ramus of the ischium. 2. Bot .: A branch.