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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Are they barren from mere deficiency in supplies, such as may result from many circumstances; or are the antheriform ramenta deficient?
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
I can see nothing peculiar in the situation of the scales or ramenta to suggest the reason of the situation of the capsules.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
In fact we may expect a form reduced to an axis, a few ramenta, a frondose dilatation, and one punctum of reproductive organs.
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
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
