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noun Botany.

  1. catkin.

noun

  1. a person who has amentia.

noun

  1. another name for catkin Also called: amentum (əˈmɛntəm)

noun

  1. psychiatry a mentally deficient person
n.

“person born an idiot,” 1894, from Latin amentia “madness,” from amentem “mad,” from a- “away from” + mentem “mind” (see mind (n.)).

n.

  1. A person whose intellectual capacity remains undeveloped.

  1. See catkin.
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