Definitions for ramenta

ramenta ra·men·tum

Spelling: [ruh-men-tuh m]
IPA: /rəˈmɛn təm/

Ramenta is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in ramenta (aaemnrt).

Definitions for ramenta

noun

  1. a scraping, shaving, or particle.
  2. Botany. one of the thin, chafflike scales covering the shoots or leaves of certain ferns.

Origin of ramenta

1655-65; Latin rāmentum a shaving, shred *rādmentum, equivalent to rād(ere) to scrape + -mentum -ment

Examples for ramenta

I can see nothing peculiar in the situation of the scales or ramenta to suggest the reason of the situation of the capsules.

In this the ramenta are confined, or nearly so, to the under surface of the fronds.

ramentaceous, beset with thin chaffy scales (ramenta), as the stalks of many Ferns.

The scaly hairs, or ramenta, which clothe every part of the plant, are also like those of Ferns.

There can be no doubt of the propriety of including the nature of these ramenta and scales in its generic character.

Word Value for ramenta
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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