Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to ramentum: specifically, in paleobotany, characterizing the copious flattened hairs or elongated scales which constitute most of the armor of silicified cycadean trunks. See
armor , 5. The term is applied to the scales of ferns and other plants whether living or fossil.
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"Sac-ramental wine!" he swore, "this isn't the world -- it's Cold Mutton
Tono Bungay 1906
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