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

noun. An integument or outer layer of various invertebrates.

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

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

noun. 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.

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

noun. 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.

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

noun. Also epiderm.

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

noun. 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.

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

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

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

"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"

epithelium  

epidermal  epidermic  epidermoid  

stratum  

mantle  pallium  

dermis  thermos  

carapace  cuticle  endoderm  integument  mesoderm  

blastoderm  border  circumference  corium  cortex  

dermis