tegument
a covering or vestment; integument.
Origin of tegument
1Other words from tegument
- teg·u·men·tal [teg-yuh-men-tl], /ˌtɛg yəˈmɛn tl/, teg·u·men·ta·ry [teg-yuh-men-tuh-ree, -tree], /ˌtɛg yəˈmɛn tə ri, -tri/, adjective
- sub·teg·u·men·tal, adjective
- sub·teg·u·men·ta·ry, adjective
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How to use tegument in a sentence
The ripe pseudospores are enveloped in a thick tegument, of a dark brown colour.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses | Mordecai Cubitt CookeThe third a harder tegument or shell, which lieth under the Mace.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3) | Thomas BrowneAs it ripens the yellow external tegument opens, revealing the dark-red mace, that is closely enwrapped about a thin black shell.
I am not ignorant that our ancestors ate them seethed, or boiled—but what a sacrifice of the exterior tegument!
Cakes & Ale | Edward Spencer
British Dictionary definitions for tegument
/ (ˈtɛɡjʊmənt) /
a less common word for integument
Origin of tegument
1Derived forms of tegument
- tegumental (ˌtɛɡjʊˈmɛntəl) or tegumentary, adjective
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