ramentum
noun
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
ramenta
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pluralof ramentum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It is curious that the colour of the scales is the same as that of the ramenta, in which the colour is developed from above downwards, a peculiarity as it appears to me.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
In this the ramenta are confined, or nearly so, to the under surface of the fronds.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
In truth, the two conditions merge one into the other, as in some begonias, where the ramenta often become leaf-like and bear small bulbils in the axil.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
In several cases, each pinna appears to have scales only which become barren lobes? the scales and ramenta have the same imbricate situation.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
There can be no doubt of the propriety of including the nature of these ramenta and scales in its generic character.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
