loment

[loh-ment]

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noun

Botany.

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

the pod of certain leguminous plants, constricted between each seed and breaking into one-seeded portions when ripe

loment

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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Other Word Forms

lomentlike adjective
lomentaceous adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of loment¹

1375–1425; late Middle English lomente < Latin ��ō��Գٳܳ� bean meal, face cream made of loment, equivalent to ��ō ( tus ) (variant of lautus, past participle of �� 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

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

From

Lomentaceous, pertaining to or resembling a loment.

From

A Loment is a legume which is constricted between the seeds, and at length breaks up crosswise into distinct joints, as in Fig.

From

lo mein Lomita

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