| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| loment |
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| SYLLABICATION: | lo·ment |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l  m nt |
| NOUN: | An indehiscent legume, as of the tick trefoil, usually constricted between the seeds and separating at maturity into one-seeded segments. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin lmentum, skin conditioner made of bean meal, from lavere, to wash. See leu( )- in Appendix I.
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