different between chaffy vs ramentum

chaffy

English

Etymology

chaff +? -y

Adjective

chaffy (comparative chaffier, superlative chaffiest)

  1. Like or containing chaff.

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ramentum

English

Etymology

Latin ramentum (a scraping)

Noun

ramentum (plural ramenta)

  1. (botany) One of the thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns.

Latin

Noun

r?mentum n (genitive r?ment?); second declension

  1. shavings, splinters, chips (especially in plural)

Second-declension noun (neuter).

References

  • ramentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ramentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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