tegument

[ teg-yuh-muhnt ]

noun

1. a covering or vestment; integument.

tegument

/ ˈtɛɡjʊmənt; ˌtɛɡjʊˈmɛntəl /

noun

1. a less common word for integument

Derived Forms

• tegumental, adjective

Other Words From

• teg·u·men·tal [teg-y, uh, -, men, -tl], teg·u·men·ta·ry [teg-y, uh, -, men, -t, uh, -ree, -tree], adjective
• subteg·u·mental adjective
• subteg·u·menta·ry adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tegument¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin tegumentum, equivalent to tegu- ( tegmen ) + -mentum -ment

Word History and Origins

Origin of tegument¹

C15: from Latin tegumentum a covering, from tegere to cover

Example Sentences

The ripe pseudospores are enveloped in a thick tegument, of a dark brown colour.

From Project Gutenberg

The third a harder tegument or shell, which lieth under the Mace.

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As it ripens the yellow external tegument opens, revealing the dark-red mace, that is closely enwrapped about a thin black shell.

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I am not ignorant that our ancestors ate them seethed, or boiled—but what a sacrifice of the exterior tegument!

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