tegmen Meaning, Definition & Usage

Teg"men noun

Etymology

L., fr. tegere, tectum, to cover.

Wordforms

plural Tegmina

Definitions

1. A tegument or covering.
2. (Bot.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.
3. (Zoöl.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.
4. pl. (Zoöl.) Same as Tectrices.