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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMENTACEOUS

a.Growing in an ament; resembling; a thong; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMENTACEOUS

Am `en *ta "ceous, a. Etym: [LL. amentaceus.] (Bot. )(a ) Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence. (b ) Bearing aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as, amentaceous plants.