Ramenta

·noun ·pl Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns.

ramenta
rāmenta, ōrum, n.; less freq. in sing., rāmentum, i, n. (collat. form rāmen-ta, ae, f., Plaut. Bacch...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.