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Webster 1913 Edition

Ament

Am′ent

,
Noun.
[L.
amentum
thong or strap.]
(Bot.)
A species of inflorescence; a catkin.
The globular
ament
of a buttonwood.
Coues.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ament

AM'ENT

,
Noun.
[L. amentum, a thong, or strap.]
A botany, a species of inflorescence, from a common, chaffy receptacle; or consisting of many scales, ranged along a stalk or slender axis, which is the common receptacle; as in birch, oak, chestnut.

Definition 2024

Ament

Ament

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Luxembourgish

Noun

Ament m ‎(plural Amenter)

  1. moment
    Kanns du waarden een Ament, wann ech glift
    Can you wait one moment please

ament

ament

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English

Noun

ament ‎(plural aments)

  1. A catkin or amentum
  2. A congenital idiot

Anagrams

Dutch

Verb

ament

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of amenen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of amenen

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

ament

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of amō

Romanian

Ament

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian amento, Latin amentum.

Noun

ament m ‎(plural amenți)

  1. (botany) catkin (a type of inflorescence)

Declension

Synonyms

  • mâț, mâțișor

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