ament
See also: Ament
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin āmentum (“thong, string”).
Noun
editament (plural aments)
- (botany) A catkin or similar inflorescence. [from 18th c.]
- 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 9:
- [T]he scales of the ament in the salix rosea, rose-willow, grow into leaves; and produce other kinds of monsters.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Latin amens.
Noun
editament (plural aments)
- A congenital idiot.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin āmentum (“thong, string”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editament m (plural aments)
Further reading
edit- “ament” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
editVerb
editament
- inflection of amenen:
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editament
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian amento, Latin amentum.
Noun
editament m (plural amenți)
Declension
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- ca:Botany
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- ro:Botany