integumentum: covering] • A protective surface structure. In gymnosperms and angiosperms, a layer of tissue around the ovule which will become the seed coat. Gymnosperm ovules have one integument, angiosperm ovules two.
a covering; one of the outer layers of tissue of an ovule.
The outermost layer of tissue enveloping the nucleus of the ovule; develops into the seed coat.
in-TEG-u-ment Outer covering of an animal's body. 594
the outermost layer(s) of an ovule which will develop into the seed coat; most seed plant ovules have one integument, angiosperm ovules have two integuments (see double integument)
The outer tissue layers of an ovule, covering the megasporangium. The earliest-evolved plants in which an integument (or ovule, for that matter) can be seen are the "gymnosperms," and a double integument is found in many flowering plants. |Lab 12 - Reproduction in Seed Plants
The outermost layer or layers of tissue that serve in protection.
Covering layer; internal integument and external integument.
the outer covering of the body.
The integument is an insect's hard outer coat.
