Tegument vs. Integument — What's the Difference?

A natural outer covering; an 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.

Something which covers; a covering or coating.

A natural outer covering or coat, such as the skin of an animal or the membrane enclosing an organ.

A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

(Botany) The outermost layer or layers of an ovule.

A cover or covering; an integument.

A shell or other outer protective layer.

Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.

(biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.

A natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch;

(botany) The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.

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.

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