integument

  • 1integument — INTEGUMÉNT, integumente, s.n. (biol.) înveliş al ovulului. – Din fr., lat. integumentum. Trimis de valeriu, 21.07.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  integumént s. n., pl. integuménte Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  …

    Dicționar Român

  • 2Integument — 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;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Integumént — (lat.), Decke, Hülle, namentlich die pflanzliche Hülle, welche an der Samenknospe den Embryosack umgibt und einfach oder doppelt ist (Eihülle); sie läßt einen engen Gang (Mikropyle) für den Eintritt des Pollenschlauches frei …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 4integument — index cover (protection) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 5Integument — Integument, 1) ⇒ Haut; 2) Hülle in der ⇒ Samenanlage der Angiospermen (Bedecktsamer) …

    Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie

  • 6integument — 1610s, from L. integumentum a covering, from integere to cover over, from in in, upon (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + tegere to cover (see STEGOSAURUS (Cf. stegosaurus)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 7integument — integùment m <G mn nātā> DEFINICIJA 1. zool. ovojnica na vanjskoj površini životinjskog tijela; koža 2. bot. ovoj oko središnjeg staničja u sjemenom zametku biljaka iz kojeg se razvija sjemena lupina ETIMOLOGIJA lat. integumentum: pokrov,… …

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  • 8integument — ► NOUN ▪ a tough outer protective layer, especially of an animal or plant. ORIGIN Latin integumentum, from integere to cover …

    English terms dictionary

  • 9integument — [in teg′yo͞o mənt, in teg′yəmənt] n. [L integumentum, a covering < integere, to cover < in , in, upon + tegere, to cover: see THATCH] a natural outer covering of the body or of a plant, including skin, shell, hide, husk, or rind… …

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  • 10integument — /in teg yeuh meuhnt/, n. 1. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind. 2. any covering, coating, enclosure, etc. [1605 15; < L integumentum a covering. See IN 2, TEGUMENT] Syn. 1. cortex, involucre, involucrum. * * * Covering of the body,&#8230; …

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