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leaved species of garlic (Allium ursinum), common in European gardens; -- called also buckram.

A yellow-flowered weed; -- so named from a Mr. Ramsted who introduced it into Pennsylvania. See Toad flax. Called also Ramsted weed.

A tropical African asteraceous shrub (Guizotia abyssinica) cultivated for its seeds (called ramtil, or niger, seeds) which yield a valuable oil used for food and as an illuminant.

Having many small branches, or ramuli.

Ramulose.

A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.

A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification.

A small ramus, or branch.

imp. of Run.

A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs.

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.

A prop or shore. [Scot.]

Becoming rancid or sour.

To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion. [R.] Dryden. "Hasting to raunch the arrow out." Spenser.

A dwelling place of a ranchero.

A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.

An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman. [Western U. S.]

A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night.

Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.

The quality or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor, as of old oil. Ure.