Definition of Lomentum

1. loment [n -TA or -TUMS] - See also: loment

Medical Definition of Lomentum

1. A legume having distinct constrictions or lines of abscission between the seeds and breaking into one-seeded segments when mature. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lomentum

lomas
lomasome
lomata
lomatia
lomatinous
lombardic
lomcevak
lomcevaks
lomed
lomein
lomeins
loment
lomenta
lomentaceous
loments
lomentum (current term)
lomentums
lomes
lomilomi
loming
lomonite
lomonosovite
lompish
lomustine
lonafarnib
lonco
loncos
london
london dispersion forces
londonite

Literary usage of Lomentum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1857)
"The palest powder was called lomentum, and this Lehmann considers as our powder-blue. I am, however, fully convinced that the ..."

2. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"The lomentum breaks into as many nut-like parts as there are seeds in the fruit. C, hooked bristles on the surface of lomentum. the seeds) or as a pod, ..."

3. The Student's Guide to Structural, Morphological and Physiological Botany by Robert Bentley (1883)
"The lomentum.—This differs from the legume by being contracted in a ... lomentum of a species of Acacia. Fig. 487. Vertical section of a portion of the ..."

4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"Pliny tells that bean meal is known as "lomentum," and, as is the case with the meal of ... This lomentum was a celebrated cosmetic with the Roman ladies, ..."

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