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tegument

[ teg-yuh-muhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

tegument

/ ˈtɛɡjʊmənt; ˌtɛɡjʊˈmɛntəl /

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

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

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

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

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

As 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!

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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