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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


loment

/ 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.


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Derived Forms

  • lomentaceous, adjective
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Other Words From

  • loment·like adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of loment1

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

Origin of loment1

C19: from Latin lomentum bean meal
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Example Sentences

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

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