Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
amentum .
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- noun Plural form of
amentum .
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The latter are longer than the former, and where they are found, the ftems of the amenta are confiderably larger than the reft; yet the florets, which appear on the furface of thefe excrefcences, are not to appearance afFedted by them.
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'* It was thought neccflary here to give a Re pre fen tat ion of the fever a I Inlli amenta that have bcer defer i bed in fome of cbtf Uft OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy: In a Continued Survey of the Works of Nature and Art ... 1781
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