Pl. lomenta. Bot. [L.; see LOMENT.] A legume which is contracted in the spaces between the seeds, breaking up when mature into one-seeded joints.
1836. Penny Cycl., V. 253/2.
1839. Lindley, Introd. Bot. (ed. 3), 230, 236.
1847. W. L. Steele, Field Bot., Gloss. p. xvi.
1870. Bentley, Man. Bot. (ed. 2), 305.
