MENTUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mentum mean? 

• MENTUM (noun)
  The noun MENTUM has 3 senses:

1. a projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids

2. the protruding part of the lower jaw

3. a projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin

  Familiarity information: MENTUM used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mentum" is a kind of...):

plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)

Holonyms ("mentum" is a part of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The protruding part of the lower jaw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

chin; mentum

Hypernyms ("mentum" is a kind of...):

feature; lineament (the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin)

Meronyms (parts of "mentum"):

goatee (a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mentum"):

buccula; double chin (a fold of fatty tissue under the chin)

Holonyms ("mentum" is a part of...):

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("mentum" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Holonyms ("mentum" is a part of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)