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Meanings of outer covering in English

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Usage of outer covering in English
1
The outer covering of the spores in some fungi, as in puff-balls.
Among the Mushrooms: A Guide For Beginners
2
If you can keep the outer covering intact, the tree will live.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
3
The outer covering was of native cloth of a dull blue shade.
Jack Haydon's Quest
4
Its outer covering was scarlet, and it was rather big and heavy.
The Port of Adventure
5
Upon the outer covering of a dispatch was a singular blood-red streak!
Clarence
6
A spot of light shone through the semi-transparent outer covering of walrus skin.
Triple Spies
7
At least one had been bundled, wrapped in an outer covering of leather.
Monday Mourning
8
These spores first secrete enzymes that dissolve the outer covering of the ant.
BBC
9
When she found one, she struck the chalky outer covering of the nodule.
The Valley of Horses
10
The other looked down and took hold of the outer covering, with a chuckle.
Dick the Bank Boy; Or, A Missing Fortune
11
Around it was wrapped white linen and an outer covering of striped Yemen stuff.
Mahomet, Founder of Islam
12
The outer covering is the simple cell-layer of the epidermis (E).
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
13
Another declared: She sees the heart of things where we see only the outer covering.
The Strange Little Girl: A Story for Children
14
Cocoa-shells are the thin outer covering of the beans.
Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes and Home Made Candy Recipes
15
Under the microscope that cell is seen to be absorbing nutrition through its outer covering.
The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Serv...
16
She had already started eating an oval red fruit that had no hard outer covering.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
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Outer covering through the time
Outer covering across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common