integument

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  1. noun A natural outer covering or coat, such as the skin of an animal or the membrane enclosing an organ.
  2. noun Botany The envelope of an ovule.

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  • The dusky pink of its wrinkled integument was darker. —  AUGUST, 1953 VOL
  • It only took a few moments for the chemicals to scar the ship's integument: not enough to harm it, but enough to mark it forever, unless the corp that owned it was willing to pay to have the whole damn lighter peeled down and resealed. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • Grele's normally iridescent integument was a muddy gray. —  Analog February, 1971
  • As long as their integument is not ruptured, releasing the gelatinous digestive acid within, they may be approached in safety. —  Asimov'sSF,March2008
  • Add to this that the glass integument is applied in such a way that part of the skeletal structure of the original building appears to be visible behind it. —  New York Sun - All Articles
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  1. Latin integumentum, from integere, to cover : in-, on; see in-2 + tegere, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French intégument = Spanish Italian integumento, from Latin integumentum, a covering, from integere, cover, from in, upon, + tegere, cover: see tegmen, tegument.
 

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/ɪnˈtɛgjumənt/
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