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in⋅teg⋅u⋅ment

  [in-teg-yuh-muhnt]
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–noun
1. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind.
2. any covering, coating, enclosure, etc.
Origin:
1605–15; < L integumentum a covering. See in- 2 , tegument

Synonyms:
1. cortex, involucre, involucrum.
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in·teg·u·ment   (ĭn-těg'yŏŏ-mənt)   
n.  
  1. A natural outer covering or coat, such as the skin of an animal or the membrane enclosing an organ.
  2. Botany The envelope of an ovule.

[Latin integumentum, from integere, to cover : in-, on; see in-2 + tegere, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]
in·teg'u·men'ta·ry (-měn'tə-rē, -měn'trē) adj.
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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.
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integument 
1611, from L. integumentem "a covering," from in- "in, upon" + tegere "to cover" (see stegosaurus).
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Main Entry: in·teg·u·ment
Pronunciation: in-'teg-y&-m&nt
Function: noun
: an enveloping layer (as a skin, membrane, or husk) ofan organism or one of its parts —in·teg·u·men·ta·ry /-'ment-&-rE, -'men-trE/ adjective
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integument in·teg·u·ment (ĭn-těg'y&oobreve;-mənt)
n.

  1. The enveloping membrane of the body, including the dermis, epidermis, hair, nails, and sebaceous, sweat, and mammary glands.
  2. The membrane, capsule, skin, or other covering of a body or a part.
in·teg'u·men'ta·ry (-měn'tə-rē, -měn'trē) adj.

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integument   (ĭn-těg'y-mənt)  Pronunciation Key 
A natural outer covering of an animal or plant or of one of its parts, such as skin, a shell, or the part of a plant ovule that develops into a seed coat.
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