Africa, = Africa;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
africanus, = pertaining to Africa, African.
(from Africa) (BL, ld)
filum, fili-, = a thread;
forma, = form, contour, figure, shape, appearance.
(thread-shaped; slender like a thread; as the filaments of most plants, and the styles of many) (ld, BL)
rigeo, rigens, = to be stiff, stiffen;
(stiff, rigid, unbendable)
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress.
rigidus, = stiff, hard, inflexible, rigid. (ld, BL)
sarpo, = to cut off, trim, prune, clean;
sarmentum, = twigs, light branches, brushwood; a faggot, fascine;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
sarmentosus, = full of twigs or little branches.
(producing long runners) (ld, BL)