Ram"son (-z'n), n. [AS. hramsan, pl., akin to G. rams, Sw. rams,
ramslök; cf. Gr. kro`myon onion.] (Bot.) A broad-leaved species of
garlic (Allium ursinum), common in European gardens; -- called also
buckram.
Ram"sted (-std), n. (Bot.) A yellow-flowered weed; -- so named from a
Mr. Ramsted who introduced it into Pennsylvania. See Toad flax. Called
also Ramsted weed.
Ram"u*lose` (-*ls`), a. [L. ramulosus, fr. ramulus, dim. of ramus a
branch.] (Nat. Hist.) Having many small branches, or ramuli.
Ram"u*lous (-ls), a. (Nat. Hist.) Ramulose.
||Ram"u*lus (-ls), n.; pl. Ramuli (-l). (Zoöl.) A small branch, or
||branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.
||Ra"mus (r"ms), n.; pl. Rami (-m). (Nat. Hist.) A branch; a projecting
||part or prominent process; a ramification.
Ra*mus"cule (r*ms"kl), n. [L. ramusculus.] (Nat. Hist.) A small ramus,
or branch.
Ran (rn), imp. of Run.
Ran, n. [AS. rn.] Open robbery. [Obs.] Lambarde.
Ran, n. (Naut.) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
||Ra"na (r"n), n. [L., a frog.] (Zoöl.) A genus of anurous batrachians,
||including the common frogs.
Ra"nal (r"nal), a. (Bot.) Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous
plants.
Ranal alliance (Bot.), a name proposed by Lindley for a group of
natural orders, including Ranunculaceæ, Magnoliaceæ, Papaveraceæ, and
others related to them.