ramet

English

Etymology

Coined by A. B. Stout in 1929 from Latin rāmus (“branch”) +‎ -et.[1]

Noun

ramet (plural ramets)

  1. (botany) A clone (individual member of a genet).

See also

References

  1. ^ A. B. Stout (February 1929) “The Clon in Plant Life”, in Marshall Avery Howe, editor, Journal of the New York Botanical Garden‎[1], volume 30, number 350, Lancaster: The Science Press Printing Company, →OCLC, page 33: “For them [the members of a clon] there is the most complete identity possible among the higher plants grown form seed that is produced by sexual reproduction. To indicate this difference it i here suggested that the word "ramet" (from Latin ramus meaning branch) be used for a member of the clon.”

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