Lo"ment (?), n. [L. lomentum a mixture of bean meal and rice, used as a cosmetic wash, bean meal, fr. lavare, lotum, to wash.] Bot.

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

 

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