loment

noun

A dry fruit of certain leguminous plants, such as the tick trefoil, having constrictions between the seeds and separating at maturity into one-seeded segments.

noun

A mash or mixture.

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In botany, a legume which at maturity breaks up by transverse articulations into oneseeded indehiscent joints. See legume, 2.

noun

An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.

noun

A type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds.

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seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments