amentacese

pl. [AMENTUM.] Ju ieu's name for an order of apetalous exogens, characterised by the po e ion of amentaceous inflorescence. It is now broken up into the orders Corylaceæ, Betulaceæ, Salicaceæ, . ăm-en-ta-ceo us, a. [AMENTUM.] Pertaining to or po e ing the inflorescence denominated the ament or catkin. "Ord. lxxxvi. Cupuliferæ, Rich. Monœcio us Barren, fl. amentaceous , or on a lax spike."- Hooker & Arnot: British Flora (7th ed. 1855), p. 412.