ramentum

noun

ra·​men·​tum

rəˈmentəm

plural ramenta

-tə

1

: something scraped off : a minute particle : shaving

2

[New Latin, from Latin]

a

: any of the thin brownish often fringed or laciniate scales that are borne upon the leaves or young shoots of many ferns and that consist of a single layer of cells

b

: the armor of a fossil cycad stump that suggests in appearance the ramenta of existing ferns

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from radere to scratch, scrape + -mentum -ment

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