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.”
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