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loment

/ˈloʊ.mənt/

Traducción: Tipo de fruto seco, específicamente una silicua o vaina, que se estrangula entre las semillas y al madurar se separa en segmentos de una sola semilla.

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/ˈloʊ.mənt/C1formalscientific
  • esTipo de fruto seco, específicamente una silicua o vaina, que se estrangula entre las semillas y al madurar se separa en segmentos de una sola semilla.

A type of dry fruit, specifically a seedpod that is constricted between the seeds and breaks apart when mature into single-seeded segments.

  1. Seedpod typeC2formalscientific

    A type of dry fruit, typical of some legumes, that is constricted between the seeds and breaks apart into single-seeded segments when mature.

    esLomento

    • The loment of the tick trefoil easily separates into segments.
    • Botanists studied the unique structure of the loment.
    • Unlike a true pod, a loment splits transversely at the joints.