Ram`i*flo"rous (-fl"rs), a. [L. ramus branch + flos, floris, flower.]
(Bot.) Flowering on the branches.
Ram"i*form (rm"*fôrm), a. [L. ramus branch + -form.] (Bot.) Having the
form of a branch.
Ram"i*fy (rm"*f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ramified (rm"*fd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Ramifying (rm"*f`ng).] [F. ramifier, LL. ramificare, fr. L. ramus a
branch + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] To divide into branches
or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.
Ram"i*fy, v. i. 1. To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions,
as the stem of a plant.
When they [asparagus plants] . . . begin to ramify.
Arbuthnot.