AMENTS

Noun

aments

plural of ament

Anagrams

• Manets, Masten, ant'ems, antems, mantes, mean'st, menats, namest, stamen

Source: Wiktionary


AMENT

Am"ent, n. Etym: [L. amentum thong or strap.] (Bot.)

Definition: A species of inflorescence; a catkin. The globular ament of a buttonwood. Coues.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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