Definition of Ramentum

1. a scale formed on the surface of leaves [n -TA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ramentum

ramdisks
ramdohrite
rame
rameal
rameauite
ramed
ramee
ramees
ramekin
ramekins
ramelteon
ramen
ramens
ramentaceous
ramentum (current term)
rameous
ramequin
ramequins
ramet
ramets
rami
rami ad pontem
rami alveolares superiores anteriores nervi infraorbitalis
rami alveolares superiores posteriores nervi maxillaris
rami articulares
rami articulares arteriae descendentis genicularis
rami atriales
rami auriculares anteriores arteriae temporalis superficialis

Literary usage of Ramentum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, John Wright (1831)
"When the stem of a plant is covered with fine dry scate that have the appearance of the ramentum, it is property called a ..."

2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"When the stem of a plant is covered with fine dry scales, that have the appearance of the ramentum, it is properly called a ..."

3. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"A second striking external feature is the occurrence of an abundance of membranous scales (ramentum), which are packed among the leaf bases and sometimes ..."

4. A Complete pronouncing medical dictionary by Joseph Thomas (1885)
"[Lat. Ramea'- lis ; from ra'mus, a " branch."] Relating to branches, or growing on branches :—applied to leaves, etc. Rament. See ramentum. ..."

5. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1911)
"... leaf bases usually absent or only adhering to the bottom of the scars; ramentum walls thick, more or less divided into irregular lamina; or scales with ..."

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