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loment

loment

9.9
A seedpod that breaks into single-seed parts when ripe
  • noun
  • /ˈloʊmənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : lomento
  • The wild indigo plant produces a loment as its fruit, which breaks into small segments containing single seeds.

Examples

  • Many plants produce loments to disperse their seeds.

  • Plants in the pea family sometimes develop a loment rather than a typical pod.

  • The botanist carefully examined the loment to study how it splits apart when mature.

  • The loment of the plant splits open when it is ripe.

  • The wild indigo plant produces a loment, which breaks into small segments containing single seeds.

  • Plants in the pea family sometimes develop a loment instead of a typical pod.

  • Many plants produce loments that split open to release their seeds.

Synonyms

seedpod
vsloment
1 2.7

A pod that contains seeds and opens when ripe

breaks into single-seeded segments rather than just splitting open
seed vessel
vsloment
  • Specialized
5.2

The part of a plant that holds the small parts that grow into new plants after flowering

is constricted between seeds and splits into single-seeded segments not just encloses seeds

Surface Forms

loment singular
lomena plural

Etymology

Loment comes from the Latin lomentum, which meant 'a small sausage'. Because the pod looks like linked sausages and then breaks into single parts, each with one seed, a loment is a seedpod that splits into single-seeded segments.