Ament

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ament \Am"ent\, n. [L. amentum thong or strap.] (Bot.)
     A species of inflorescence; a catkin.
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           The globular ament of a buttonwood.      --Coues.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ament
       n : a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence [syn: {catkin}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "ament":
     born fool, capitulum, catkin, clot, cone, congenital idiot, corymb,
     cretin, cyme, defective, golem, half-wit, head, idiot, imbecile,
     juggins, mongoloid idiot, moron, natural, natural idiot,
     natural-born fool, panicle, pine cone, raceme, simp, simpleton,
     spadix, spike, spikelet, strobile, thyrse, umbel, verticillaster,
     zany