tegmentum noun. [tɛg'mɛntǝm] Pl. -ta [-tǝ]. M19.
[Latin, var. of tegumentum TEGUMENT.]
1. Botany. Any of the protective scales of a leaf-bud. M19.

2. Anatomy. A covering; spec. the upper and dorsal portion of each of the cerebral peduncles, separated by the substantia nigra from the crura cerebri. L19.

■ tegmental adjective L19.

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