Found 2 items, similar to integument.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: integument
integument
n : an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal
or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Integument
Integument
\In*teg"u*ment\, n. [L. integumentum, fr. integere to
cover; pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F.
int['e]gument. See 1st
n-, and
Tegument.]
That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the
testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a
covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane
that invests a particular part.
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