Integument vs. Testa

Integumentnoun

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

Integumentnoun

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

Integumentnoun

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.

Integumentnoun

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

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 . In a transferred or figurative sense, it could mean a cloak or a disguise.

Testanoun

(botany) A seed coat.

Testanoun

(marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.

Testanoun

protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants