Loment

loment search for term- n. (L. lomentum, bean meal) a fruit of some legumes, contracted between the seeds, the 1-seeded segments separating at fruit maturity.

of fruit composed by one carpel and one to several axillary ovules. It may be a dry and deiscent capsule, or a woody and indeiscent pood, or even a colorful, fleshy fruit. Legumes can also be modified into winged structures, or be divided in loments ...