/reuh men"teuhm/ , n. , pl. ramenta /-teuh/ .
1. a scraping, shaving, or particle.
2. Bot. one of the thin, chafflike scales covering the shoots or leaves of certain ferns.
[ 1655-65; ramentum a shaving, shred radmentum, equiv. to rad ( ere ) to scrape + -mentum -MENT ]