Tegument vs. Integument — What's the Difference?
![](webp/tegument-vs-integument-2343.webp)
Difference Between Tegument and Integument
ADVERTISEMENT
Definitions
Tegument
A natural outer covering; an integument.
Integument
In biology, integument is the natural covering of an organism or an organ, such as its skin, husk, shell, or rind.It derives from integumentum, which is Latin for "a covering". In a transferred or figurative sense, it could mean a cloak or a disguise.
Tegument
Something which covers; a covering or coating.
Integument
A natural outer covering or coat, such as the skin of an animal or the membrane enclosing an organ.
Tegument
A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.
ADVERTISEMENT
Integument
(Botany) The outermost layer or layers of an ovule.
Tegument
A cover or covering; an integument.
Integument
A shell or other outer protective layer.
Tegument
Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.
Integument
(biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
ADVERTISEMENT
Tegument
A natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch;
Your skin is the largest organ of your body
Integument
(botany) The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.
Integument
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 part.
Integument
An outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell