ˈnucament Bot. rare.
Also 7 erron. nug-.
[ad. L. nucāmentum (Pliny), f. nuc-, nux nut.]
An amentum, a catkin.
| 1633 Johnson Gerarde's Herbal iii. xl. 1353 Of this sort [of pitch-tree] there is found another that..remaineth dwarfish, and it carries certaine little nugaments or catkins of the bignesse of a small nut. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 230 Leaves accuminated like nucaments. 1819 Pantologia VIII, Nucament, in botany, the same with ament. |