ramentum

American  

[ruh-men-tuhm] / rəˈmɛn təm /

noun

• ramenta
  plural

1. a scraping, shaving, or particle.

2. Botany. one of the thin, chafflike scales covering the shoots or leaves of certain ferns.

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ramentum British  

/ rəˈmɛntəm, ˌræmɛnˈteɪʃəs /

noun

1. any of the thin brown scales that cover the stems and leaves of young ferns

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• ramentaceous
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• ramenta
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ramentum

1655–65; < Latin rāmentum a shaving, shred < *rādmentum, equivalent to rād ( ere ) to scrape + -mentum -ment

Example Sentences

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ramenta

I cannot help thinking that the secret is hidden in these ramenta, which, as is known, are so universal as obviously to have higher functions than those of mere covering scales. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

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 Griffith, William

The scaly hairs, or ramenta, which clothe every part of the plant, are also like those of Ferns.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)

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 Griffith, William

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 Griffith, William