Wiktionary
pellicule
n. 1 A thin diaphanous fabric. 2 skin, as of an onion or other plant
Usage examples of "pellicule".
For just as circumcision removed a carnal pellicule, so Baptism despoils man of carnal behavior.
The commander straightened up from grim concentration on the blacked-out control screen of a library reader and returned the salute with the three long and gaudily blossomed yellow pellicules on its right side.