About  |  Kamus SABDA Mobile
Table of Contents -- indusium
POS
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Link, Gadget and Share
Copy the code below to your site:
Link
Gadget
Share
 Facebook
 Twitter
Add to your browser

indusium

 : 
Noun
 : 
in=du=si=um

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun indusium has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

indusiumn. [L., an under garment, fr. induere to put on: cf. F. indusie the covering of the seed spots of ferns.].
     A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

indusium, n. (pl. indusia)
1 a membranous shield covering the fruit-cluster of a fern.
2 a collection of hairs enclosing the stigma of some flowers.
3 the case of a larva.

Derivative
indusial adj.
Etymology
L, = tunic, f. induere put on (a garment)
copyright © 2012 Yayasan Lembaga SABDA (YLSA) | To report a problem/suggestion