English > natural covering: 1 sense > noun 1, object| Meaning | A natural object that covers or envelops. |
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| Synonyms | covering, cover |
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| Narrower | bark | tough / tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants |
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| blanket, mantle | Anything that covers |
| body covering | Any covering for the body or a body part |
| crust, incrustation, encrustation | A hard outer layer that covers something |
| envelope | A natural covering (as by a fluid) |
| hood, cap | A protective covering that is part of a plant |
| indumentum, indument | A covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect |
| indusium | A membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern |
| integument | An outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell |
| perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium | Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils |
| pericarp, seed vessel | The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary |
| peridium | Outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi |
| roof | The inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space |
| scale | A flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals |
| sheath, case | An enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant ... / plant organ or part |
| shell | The hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod |
| shell | A rigid covering that envelops an object |
| shell, eggshell | The exterior covering of a bird's egg |
| skim | A thin layer covering the surface of a liquid / liquid |
| slough | Any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) |
| snowcap | A covering of snow (as on a mountain peak) |
| test | A hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins |
| theca, sac | A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule |
| vesture | Something that covers or cloaks like a garment |
| Broader | natural object | An object occurring naturally |
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| Spanish | cubierta, envoltura, protección |
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| Catalan | coberta, embolcall, protecció |
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