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Amentaceous (gcide) | Amentaceous \Am`en*ta"ceous\, a. [LL. amentaceus.] (Bot.)
(a) Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the
chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.
(b) Bearing aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as,
amentaceous plants.
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amentaceous (wn) | amentaceous
adj 1: (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins
[syn: amentiferous, amentaceous] |
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Atramentaceous (gcide) | Atramentaceous \At`ra*men*ta"ceous\, a. [L. atramentum ink, fr.
ater black.]
Black, like ink; inky; atramental. [Obs.] --Derham.
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Nucamentaceous (gcide) | Nucamentaceous \Nu`ca*men*ta"ceous\, a. [See Nucament.] (Bot.)
Like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent;
bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits. [Written also
nucumentaceous.]
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Pergamentaceous (gcide) | Pergamenous \Per`ga*me"no*us\, Pergamentaceous
\Per`ga*men*ta"ceous\, a. [L. pergamena parchment. See
Parchment.]
Like parchment.
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Ramentaceous (gcide) | Ramentaceous \Ram`en*ta"ceous\ (r[a^]m`[e^]n*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a.
(Bot.)
Covered with ramenta.
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amentaceous (wn) | amentaceous
adj 1: (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins
[syn: amentiferous, amentaceous] |
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