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Definition of Loment
1. Noun. Seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments.
Definition of Loment
1. n. An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.
Definition of Loment
1. Noun. A type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loment
1. a type of plant pod [n -S]
Medical Definition of Loment
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Loment
Literary usage of Loment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Botany, for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1829)
"2X-) erect, simple, pubescent, leafy at the sum- case of the stem : peduncles
with glutinous hairs : joints of the loment ob- "^ leaves ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"loment constricted on both margins, more deeply below than above. ... Leaflets
narrowly linear ; joints of the loment usually concave on the back. ..."
3. Flora of Miami: Being Descriptions of the Seed-plants Growing Naturally on by John Kunkel Small (1913)
"loment with the constrictions deeper below than above; joints longer ...
loment with equally deep constrictions on both sides ; joints suborbicular. 4. ..."
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