integument
31integument — [ɪn tɛgjʊm(ə)nt] noun a tough outer protective layer, especially of an animal or plant. Derivatives integumental adjective integumentary adjective Origin C17: from L. integumentum, from integere, from in in + tegere to cover …
32integument — n. Covering, envelope, tegument …
33integument — noun (C) technical something such as a shell which covers something else …
34integument — Outer covering of an ovule, forming the layers of the seed coat at maturity. See also sarcotesta, sclerotesta …
35integument — n 1. skin, crust, peeling, rind, husk, shuck, pod, Dial. cod, hide, shell, hull, bark; membrane, pellicle, involucre, involucrum, tegument, Anat., Zool. cortex, Bot. perigonium, Biol. investment. 2. cover, covering, coat, coating, case, casing,… …
36integument — in·teg·u·ment …
37integument — n. 1) the skin. 2) a membrane or layer of tissue covering any organ of the body …
38integument — in•teg•u•ment [[t]ɪnˈtɛg yə mənt[/t]] n. 1) bot zool. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind 2) any covering, coating, or enclosure • Etymology: 1605–15; < L integumentum a covering, der. of integere to cover, roof. See in II, tegument… …
39integument — /ɪnˈtɛgjumənt / (say in tegyoohmuhnt) noun 1. a skin, shell, rind, or the like. 2. a covering. {Latin integumentum} …
40Integument — In|te|gu|mẹnt, das; s, e <lateinisch> (Biologie Hautschichten von Tier und Mensch; Botanik Hülle um die Samenanlage) …