Integument

[ɪn'tegjʊm(ə)nt] or [ɪn'tɛgjəmənt]

Definition

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

Editor: Philip--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Checker: Nona

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Covering, envelope, tegument.

Inputed by Kari

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Covering, protection, envelope, crust

ANT:Nudity, bareness, callowness, abrasion, exposure

Checker: Vivian

Definition

n. the external protective covering of a plant or animal.—adj. Integument′ary.

Typed by Keller