indumentum

American  

[in-doo-men-tuhm, -dyoo-] / ˌɪn dʊˈmɛn təm, -dyʊ- /

noun

Botany, Zoology.

plural

indumenta, indumentums

1. a dense, hairy covering.

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indumentum British  

/ ɪndjʊˈmɛntəm /

noun

1. an outer covering, such as hairs or down on a plant or leaf, feathers, fur, etc

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Etymology

Origin of indumentum

First recorded in 1840–50; from New Latin, Latin: “garment, covering,” from Latin indu(ere) “to put on, don” (from ind-, combining form of in- in- ² ( def. ) + -uere, “to put on”; cf. exuviae) + -mentum -ment

Example Sentences

“An cingulum, tertium indumentum sacerdotale, possit esse colons paramentorum; an necessario debeat esse album?”

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 by

The differentiating qualities relate to the shape and indumentum of the leaves.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

P. convex-exp. yellow, covered with rusty or cinnamon indumentum; g. at first yellowish; s. incurved, short, rusty and fibrillosely scaly below. muricata, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Nec mora, rex illam emancipauit, et insuper Dei famulo suum indumentum donauit.

From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart