Definition of integuments Integuments

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integuments (Noun)
Plural of integument.

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integuments, noun, plural of integument.

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Noun

Plural: integuments

integument - an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell

natural covering, covering, cover the act of protecting something by covering it

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integument (Noun)
An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
integument (Noun)
The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

integument (n.)
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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

integument
in-teg′ū-ment, n. the external protective covering of a plant or animal.—adj. Integument′ary. [L.,—integĕre—in, upon, tegĕre, to cover.]

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integument, noun, singular of integuments.

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