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Epidermis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The outer, protective, nonvascular layer of the skin of vertebrates, covering the dermis.

n. An integument or outer layer of various invertebrates.

n. The outermost layer of cells covering the leaves and young parts of a plant.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The outer, protective layer of the skin of vertebrates, covering the dermis

n. The similar outer layer of cells in invertebrates and plants

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See dermis.

n. The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In anatomy, the cuticle or scarfskin; the non-vascular outer layer of the skin.

n. In zoology, broadly, some or any outermost integument or tegumentary covering or envelop of the body, or some part of the body: a term nearly synonymous with exoskeleton.

n. In embryology, the outermost blastodermic membrane; the ectoderm or epiblast, which will in due course become an epidermis proper.

n. In conchology, specifically, the rind or peel covering the shell of a mollusk; the external animal integument of the shell, as distinguished from the shell-substance proper: commonly found as a tough, fibrous, or stringy dark-colored bark, which readily peels off in shreds.

n. In botany, the outer layer or layers of cells covering the surfaces of plants.

n. Also epiderm.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates

Word Usage

"The outside bark, or _epidermis_, consists of a thin, transparent, tissue-like substance, which covers not only the bark, but the whole of the tree, stem, leaves and branches, and beneath the epidermis is found"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

stratum

Cross Reference

epithelium

Variant

dermis

Hyponym

pallium mantle

Form

epidermic epidermal epidermoid

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cuticle

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

dermis thermos

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

cuticle integument carapace endoderm mesoderm