Dictionary Definitions, Synomyns, Antonyms, and related words for Loment
Definitions for: Loment
[n] pods constricted between seeds and breaking apart when ripe into one-seed segments
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.