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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NUCAMENT

Nu "ca *ment, n. Etym: [L. nucamenta fir cones, fr. nux, nucis, a nut. ](Bot. )

 

Defn: A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, and the like.

 

NUCAMENTACEOUS

Nu `ca *men *ta "ceous, a. Etym: [See Nucament. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: Like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits. [Written also nucumentaceous. ]