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ramentum

American

[ruh-men-tuhm] / rəˈmɛn təm /

noun

plural

ramenta

a scraping, shaving, or particle.
Botany. one of the thin, chafflike scales covering the shoots or leaves of certain ferns.

ramentum British

/ rəˈmɛntəm, ˌræmɛnˈteɪʃəs /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

ramentaceous

adjective

Etymology

Origin of ramentum

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

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