Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LO'MENT
LO'MENT, n. [L. lomentum.]
An elongated pericarp, which never bursts. It consists, like the legume, of two valves, with the seeds attached to the under suture, but is divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed. – Ed. Encyc.
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