(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:30:04

Nu`ca*men*ta"ceous (?), a. [See Nucament.] Bot.

Like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits.

[Written also nucumentaceous.]

 

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