An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.
A jointed legume, usually constricted between the seeds.
n. (L. lomentum, bean meal) a fruit of some legumes, contracted between the seeds, the 1-seeded segments separating at fruit maturity.
Dry, schizocarpic fruit derived from a single carpel that breaks transversely into one-seeded segments.
a leguminous fruit, constricted between the seeds, each 1-seeded segment separating at maturity
pods constricted between seeds and breaking apart when ripe into one-seed segments
a specialized type of indehiscent legume with constrictions between the seeds
A jointed fruit, usually constricted between the seeds, that breaks into one-seeded segments upon maturity. See drawing of fruits.
A leguminous fruit that is characterized by narrow constrictions in the spaces between the seeds. Example: The fruit of the Chinese Scholar Tree.
A legume that separates transversely between seed sections.
A flat, leguminous fruit that is constricted between the seeds, falling apart at the constrictions when mature.
A loment is a type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds. Being a legume, it is dry at maturity and is dehiscent, meaning that is will split open at maturity. Examples of this fruit type are found particularly in the Hedysarum Tribe of the Pea Family (Fabaceae), with the exception of the peanut.
