replum

English

Etymology

From Latin replum (door frame).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹiːpləm/

Noun

replum (plural replums or repla)

  1. (botany) The framework of some pods, such as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off[1]

References

  1. ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary [].] Replum.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, [], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., [], →OCLC.

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

replum n (genitive replī); second declension

  1. bolt
  2. frame

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative replum repla
genitive replī replōrum
dative replō replīs
accusative replum repla
ablative replō replīs
vocative replum repla

Descendants

  • Catalan: reble
  • >? Galician: rebo
  • >? Portuguese: rebo
  • English: replum

References

  • replum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "replum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • replum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.