loment

[ loh-ment ]

noun

, Botany.

1. a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.

loment

/ ləʊˈmɛntəm; ˌləʊmənˈteɪʃəs; ˈləʊmɛnt /

noun

1. the pod of certain leguminous plants, constricted between each seed and breaking into one-seeded portions when ripe

loment

/ lō′mĕnt′ /

1. An indehiscent legume (a seed pod that does not split open) that is divided into separate seed-bearing segments, giving it a jointed appearance. The segments break off one by one at maturity. It is the characteristic fruit of many leguminous plants, such as the tick trefoil and the crown vetch.

Derived Forms

• lomentaceous, adjective

Other Words From

• loment·like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of loment¹

1375–1425; late Middle English lomente < Latin lōmentum bean meal, face cream made of loment, equivalent to lō ( tus ) (variant of lautus, past participle of lavāre to wash; lave ¹ ) + -mentum -ment

Word History and Origins

Origin of loment¹

C19: from Latin lomentum bean meal

Example Sentences

Loment, a pod which separates transversely into joints, 122.

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