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Definition of: loment
(lō′ment) noun Bot.
An indehiscent legume with constrictions or transverse articulations between the seeds, as a peanut. Also lo·men·tum (lō·men′təm). [<L lomentum bean meal <lotum, pp. of lavare wash; because used as a cosmetic wash in antiquity]
—lo′men·ta′ceous (-tā′shəs) adjective
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