Definition of Integoment
In*teg"u*ment (?), n. [L.
integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in-
in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. intégument. 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 part.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- an outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal or rind or shell.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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