indument

noun — 3 senses

indument

noun

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

1

Obsolete garment, robe, clothing

2

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology plumage; feathers

3

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences indumentum

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