integument Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell

WordNet

In*teg"u*ment noun
Etymology
L. integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. intégument. See 1st n-, and Tegument.
Definitions
  1. That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular.

Webster 1913