† nucamentn.

Forms: 1600s nugament (transmission error), 1600s 1800s nucament.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nucāmentum.

Etymology: < classical Latin nucāmentum a nut-like growth on a tree (Pliny) < nuc- , nux nut (see nut n.¹) + -āmentum (in e.g. armāmentum armament n.; compare -ment suffix).

Botany. Obsolete. rare.

A catkin or amentum.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [noun] > of particular type, shape, or arrangement > catkin(s) or unisexual in florescence

chatc1400

tappette1561

catkin1578

chaton1578

kitekin1578

taglet1578

tag1597

cat's tail1611

nucament1633

tassel1646

catling1665

iulus1668

amentum1720

jul1725

ament1783

pussycat1850

lamb's tails1882

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) iii. 1353 Of this sort [of pitch-tree] there is found another that..remaineth dwarfish, and it carries certaine little nugaments or catkins of the bignesse of a small nut.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Hh2^v Leaves accuminated like nucaments.

1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Nucament, in botany, the same with ament.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	nucament
释义	† nucamentn. Forms: 1600s nugament (transmission error), 1600s 1800s nucament. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nucāmentum. Etymology: < classical Latin nucāmentum a nut-like growth on a tree (Pliny) < nuc- , nux nut (see nut n.¹) + -āmentum (in e.g. armāmentum armament n.; compare -ment suffix). Botany. Obsolete. rare. A catkin or amentum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [noun] > of particular type, shape, or arrangement > catkin(s) or unisexual in florescence chatc1400 tappette1561 catkin1578 chaton1578 kitekin1578 taglet1578 tag1597 cat's tail1611 nucament1633 tassel1646 catling1665 iulus1668 amentum1720 jul1725 ament1783 pussycat1850 lamb's tails1882 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) iii. 1353 Of this sort [of pitch-tree] there is found another that..remaineth dwarfish, and it carries certaine little nugaments or catkins of the bignesse of a small nut. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Hh2^v Leaves accuminated like nucaments. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Nucament, in botany, the same with ament. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1633
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