indument

1. 1.

   a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect

   Synonymsindumentum

   Broadercovering

Other forms of indument

plural

induments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about indument

What does indument mean?

indument means "a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect".

How many syllables are in indument?

indument has 3 syllables: in-du-ment. The stress falls on "in".

What is another word for indument?

Close synonyms include indumentum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indument a common word?

indument is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.