ament
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Etymology
Origin of ament1
1785–95; < New Latin, Latin āmentum strap, thong
Origin of ament2
1890–95; < Latin āment- (stem of āmēns out of one's mind, mad), equivalent to ā- a- 4 + ment-; see mental 1
Example Sentences
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But in dozens of interviews, current and former colleagues of Mr. Acosta, who is now dean of Florida International University’s law school, are deeply split in their ament of the nominee.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2017
The ament, so to speak, of the Parasmilia centralis, the catkin of the sea, recalls its terrene counterpart.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 by Various
Fertile flowers in a short ament or head, 2 to each bract, and each with one or more bractlets which form a foliaceous involucre to the nut.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
One case of an unbranched ament was observed.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Occasionally a two branched ament may be found but this seems to occur when one branch of the ament has failed to develop due to an injury of some sort.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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