What does vestiture mean?

Definitions for vestiture
vesti·ture

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vestiturenoun

    an archaic term for clothing

Wiktionary

  1. vestiturenoun

    The hairs of plants, invertebrates and other non-mammalian organisms, taken as a whole.

  2. vestiturenoun

    Investiture (of a person with a specific role, powers etc.).

  3. vestiturenoun

    Clothes, clothing.

  4. Etymology: From vestitura, from vestire.

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  1. vestiture

    Vestiture is a term used in biology, specifically in entomology and botany, to refer to the surface covering or protective layer of organisms. It often refers to the hairs, scales, or other outgrowths on the outer layer of insects, plants, and other organisms.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vestiturenoun

    in vestiture

  2. Etymology: [See Vesture.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Vestiture

    ves′ti-tūr, n. the hairs, scales, &c. covering a surface.

Entomology

  1. Vestiture

    the surface clothing, whether of a hairy or scaly character.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vestiture in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vestiture in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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    identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
    A adscripted
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