Meanings
adjectivedumous (comparative more dumous, superlative most dumous)
comparative more dumous · superlative most dumous · alternative dumose
- Abounding with bushes and briars.
- biologyHaving a compact, bushy form.
R. fastigiatum, with tufts of blue flowers, about a foot high, and R. verruculosum, even smaller, of a dumose habit; few but bigger flowers than R. fastigiatum and of a deeper blue colour.
1920 June, W. P. M., “A Visit to Rostrevor House Garden in May”, in J. W. Besant, editor, Irish Gardening, volume 15, number 172, page 82
Origin
- Latindumōsus“overgrown with thorns or briars”
- Englishdumous
Latin dumōsus (“overgrown with thorns or briars”)
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