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integument
n.
natural protective covering, outer coating (Anatomy, Zoology, Botany)
Integument
In biology,
integument is the natural covering of an organism or an organ, such as its
skin,
husk,
shell, or
rind.
integument
Noun
1. an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell
(hypernym) covering, natural covering, cover
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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