INTEGUMENT


Meaning of INTEGUMENT in English

/in teg"yeuh meuhnt/ , n.

1. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind.

2. any covering, coating, enclosure, etc.

[ 1605-15; integumentum a covering. See IN- 2 , TEGUMENT ]

Syn. 1. cortex, involucre, involucrum.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .