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AMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ament mean?
• AMENT (noun)
The noun AMENT has 1 sense:
1. a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
Familiarity information: AMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
ament; catkin
Hypernyms ("ament" is a kind of...):
inflorescence (the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk)
Derivation:
amentaceous ((of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins)
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