Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   integument

   /ɪnˈtɛɡjʊm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a tough outer protective layer, especially that of an animal or plant: "this chemical compound is found in the integument of the seed"

   Word Origin early 17th century (denoting a covering or coating): from Latin integumentum, from the verb integere, from in- ‘in’ + tegere ‘to cover’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. integumental adjective
   • 2. integumentary adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • G

     2

   • U

     1

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points