indument

See also: indûment

English

Etymology

Latin indumentum (“a covering”). See indue, and compare induement.

Noun

indument (countable and uncountable, plural induments)

1. (obsolete) garment, robe, clothing
2. (zoology) plumage; feathers
3. (botany) indumentum
   • 1986, “Taxonomical significance of the leaf indument in Dryopteris (Pteridophyta): I. Some North American, Macaronesian and European taxa”, in Plant Systematics and Evolution, volume 153, →DOI, page 77:

     The leaf indument of a number of North American, Macaronesian and European Dryopteris taxa is described.

Related terms

• indumentum

Anagrams

• dentinum, muntined, unminted

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.dy.mɑ̃/

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Adverb

indument

1. post-1990 spelling of indûment

Further reading

• “indument”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.