integument : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: integument	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for integument
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
integument n an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Integument \Integ"ument\, n. [L. integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. int[82]gument. 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.