Meanings
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nounament (plural aments)
plural aments
- biologyA catkin or similar inflorescence.First known use 18th c.
[T]he scales of the ament in the salix rosea, rose-willow, grow into leaves; and produce other kinds of monsters.
1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 9
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Origin
ament · noun
- Latināmentum“thong, string”
- Englishament
From Latin āmentum (“thong, string”).
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