Ramenta

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

  Ramenta \Ra*men"ta\ (r[.a]*m[e^]n"t[.a]), n. pl. [L.,
     scrapings.] (Bot.)
     Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots
     of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of
     ferns. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ramenta
       See {ramentum}