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ramoon|rəˈmuːn|
Also ramon.
[Sp. ramon, f. ramo branch; cf. prec.]
The tops and leaves of a West Indian and Central American tree (Trophis Americana), used as fodder for cattle. Chiefly in comb. ramoon-tree.
1756P. Browne Jamaica 357 The Ramoon tree. The leaves and tops of this tree make an agreeable wholesome fodder for all sorts of cattle. 1843Penny Cycl. XXV. 302/2 T. americana, the Ramoon-tree, is twenty feet high... The drupes are about the size of grapes, and have a pleasant flavour. 1885Harper's Mag. Feb. 374/2 They go half buried under a load of ramon. (The ramon-tree serves as fodder for horses.) |