chartaceous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of chartaceous
First recorded in 1645–55, chartaceous is from the Latin word chartāceus made of papyrus. See charta, -aceous
Example Sentences
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The second glume is chartaceous, immersed in the cavity of the joint, and filling the opening.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The first glume is coriaceous or chartaceous, dorsally compressed, with incurved margins, usually 2-keeled.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Flowering glume oblong, obtuse, compressed-boat-shaped, naked, chartaceous; the palet very thin and hyaline.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
The solitary flowering glume is chartaceous, awnless, 3- to 5-nerved, the lateral nerves forming the thickened margin of the glume.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The fourth glume is chartaceous, shining, smooth ovate-oblong, apex cuspidate, with a few hairs on the edges at the apex, faintly 5-nerved.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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