Crossword clues for loment
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loment \Lo"ment\, n. [L. lomentum a mixture of bean meal and rice, used as a cosmetic wash, bean meal, fr. lavare, lotum, to wash.] (Bot.) An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.
Wiktionary
n. A type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds.
WordNet
n. pods constricted between seeds and breaking apart when ripe into one-seed segments
Wikipedia
A loment (or lomentum) is a type of indehiscent legume fruit that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between segments, so that each segment contains one seed. It is a type of schizocarp.
Tick trefoil ( Desmodium) and sweet vetch ( Hedysarum) are two genera that exhibit this fruit type, which is found particularly in the Hedysareae tribe of the family Fabaceae.
Usage examples of "loment".
Miss Loment had no connections in America, she possessed no other relations, except a widowed aunt, with whom she live, and it was clearly out of the question for either of the two ladies to travel across in person, to examine books, interview lawyers, deal with claims, etc.
Since Miss Loment assures me to the contrary, it would be ungallant to carry the matter further.
I have a higher regard for you, Miss Loment, than for any other living woman.
Miss Loment seemed so unwilling to join us that there was positively nothing left to do except appeal to her sympathy.