LOMENT


Meaning of LOMENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlō-ˌment, -mənt ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin lomentum, from Latin, wash made from bean meal, from lavere to wash — more at lye

Date: circa 1830

: a dry indehiscent fruit (as of tick trefoil) that is a modified legume having constrictions between the seeds and that breaks into one-seeded segments at maturity

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