Integument (noun)
in-teg-yu-ment
A tough outer protective layer, especially that of an animal or plant.
Early 17th century (denoting a covering or coating): from Latin integumentum, from the verb integere, from in- ‘in’ + tegere ‘to cover’.
Example sentences
“There’s an enzyme in the integument that eventually breaks it down in the soil.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
