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in⋅teg⋅u⋅ment

   [in-teg-yuh-muhnt]
–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
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in·teg·u·ment     (ĭn-těg'yŏŏ-mənt)  Pronunciation Key 
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 
1611, from L. integumentem "a covering," from in- "in, upon" + tegere "to cover" (see stegosaurus).

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integument

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

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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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Integument

In*teg`u*ma"tion\, n. [See Integument.] That part of physiology which treats of the integuments of animals and plants.

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