INDUMENTUM Definition & Meaning

indumentum

[ in-doo-men-tuhm, -dyoo- ]

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noun

Botany, Zoology.

plural indumenta indumentums.

a dense, hairy covering.

indumentum

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noun

an outer covering, such as hairs or down on a plant or leaf, feathers, fur, etc

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Origin of indumentum¹

First recorded in 1840–50; from New Latin, Latin: “garment, covering,” from Latin indu(ere) “to put on, don” (from ind-, combining form of in- in- ²( def ) + -uere, “to put on”; exuviae ) + -mentum -ment

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of indumentum¹

C19: Latin, literally: garment

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In summer, the huge, compound green leaves glow with an undercoating of golden indumentum, and in fall, long, fuzzy wands produce airy sprays of tiny white flowers.

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The stems and undersides of the shallowly lobed, thick leaves are coated with golden furry indumentum.

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In summer the 3-foot-wide compound green leaves glow with an undercoating of golden indumentum.

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Evergreen magnolias sport glossy leaves backed in the soft, brown fur called indumentum .

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Jerome speaks of their “indumenta,” or shirts of fine linen; and the great weavers of to-day are still the Flemish descendants of the Atrebates.

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