| loment | <botany> An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed. Origin: L. Lomentum a mixture of bean meal and rice, used as a cosmetic wash, bean meal, fr. Lavare, lotum, to wash. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lomentaceous | <botany> Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments. Origin: From Loment. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lomentum | <botany> A legume having distinct constrictions or lines of abscission between the seeds and breaking into one-seeded segments when mature. (09 Oct 1997) |