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indument

indument noun: garment, robe, clothing.

Noun

indument (countable and uncountable, plural induments)

  1. (obsolete) garment, robe, clothing
  2. plumage; feathers
  3. 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...

Forms of indument

pluralinduments

Origin of indument

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

Questions about indument

What does indument mean?
Indument means garment, robe, clothing.
What part of speech is indument?
Indument is a noun.
What is the plural of indument?
The plural of indument is induments.

Words near indument in the dictionary

  1. indulins
  2. indult
  3. indulto
  4. indultos
  5. indults
  6. indument
  7. indumenta
  8. indumental
  9. induments
  10. indumentum
  11. induna

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