lomentn.
/ˈləʊmɛnt/, /ˈləʊm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈloʊmənt/ΘΚΠ
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c1420 Pallad. on Husb. xi. 366 The wynys browne eschaungeth into white, Yf that me putte in hit lomente of bene.
2. Botany. = lomentum n.
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1812 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) IV. 45/1 Loment (lomentum), an elongated pericarp, which never bursts. It is divided into small cells, each of which contains a seed attached to the under suture.
1826 J. M. Good Bk. Nature I. viii. 184 The loment..is a kind of pod..of which we have an instance in the mimosas and the cassia Fistula.
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) Gloss.
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