English

Noun

ramentum ‎(plural ramenta)

1. (botany) One of the thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns.

Latin

Noun

rāmentum n ‎(genitive rāmentī); second declension

1. shavings, splinters, chips (especially in plural)

Second declension.

References

• ramentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ramentum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.