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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Integument \In*teg"u*ment\, n. [L. integumentum fr integere to
cover; pref. in- in on + tegere to cover: cf F.
int['e]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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
integument
n : an outer protective covering such as a cuticle or seed coat
or rind or shell
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