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Amenta [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Amentaceous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Growing in an ament; resembling; a thong; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.

Amentaceous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.

2. Bearing aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as, amentaceous plants.