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Ament

 
(′ā′ment)

(botany) A catkin.
(medicine) A person with congenital mental deficiency; an idiot.


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(ā'mĕnt', ā'mənt)
n.

A person whose intellectual capacity remains undeveloped.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
  Synonym: catkin


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