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loment

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

lo=ment

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun loment has 1 sense

loment(n = noun.plant) - seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments;

CIDE DICTIONARY

loment, n. [L. lomentum a mixture of bean meal and rice, used as a cosmetic wash, bean meal, fr. lavare, lotum, to wash.].

An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

loment, n. Bot. a kind of pod that breaks up when mature into one-seeded joints.

Derivative

lomentaceous adj.

Etymology

L lomentum bean-meal (orig. cosmetic) f. lavare wash