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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   garment, robe, clothing countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. 2
   a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect wordnet
3. 3
   plumage; feathers countable, uncountable
4. 4
   indumentum countable, uncountable

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

indumentumindumentum

Example

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

Etymology

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

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