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RAMENTUM

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ra⋅men⋅tum

  [ruh-men-tuhm]
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–noun, plural -ta  [-tuh] .
1. a scraping, shaving, or particle.
2. Botany. one of the thin, chafflike scales covering the shoots or leaves of certain ferns.
Origin:
1655–65; < L rāmentum a shaving, shred < *rādmentum, equiv. to rād(ere) to scrape + -mentum -ment
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