INTEGUMENT

integument

(noun) an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

integument (plural integuments)

(biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.

(botany) The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.

Source: Wiktionary

In*teg"u*ment, n. Etym: [L. integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. intégument. See 1st n-, and Tegument.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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