nucament

English

Etymology

From Latin nucamenta (“fir cones”), from nux, nucis (“a nut”).

Noun

nucament (plural nucaments)

1. (botany, obsolete) A catkin or amentum

References

• “nucament”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.