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â¢ EMOLUMENT (noun) The noun EMOLUMENT has 1 sense: 1. compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees) Familiarity information: EMOLUMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Any outer covering, such as the skin or the outer membrane layer of an organ or the capsule of an organism or spore. When the term is used without qualification, the skin is implied. integument. (in flowering plants) the covering of the central tissue (nucellus) of the OVULE that contains the EMBRYO SAC.