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 fourth glume is lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, acute, somewhat chartaceous, paleate; palea is like the glume in texture.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The first glume is dorsally hairy, or glabrous, narrowed from the middle upwards, chartaceous, with incurved margins and six or seven anastomosing nerves.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The spikelet nearly always consists of four glumes, the first or the first and the second being firmer and coriaceous or chartaceous.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The second glume is longer than the first, chartaceous, lanceolate, terminating in an awn, 1/2 to 3/4 inch long including the awn, with a smooth keel.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The second glume is as long as the first, linear, dorsally chartaceous, with broadly incurved membranous margins, 3-nerved.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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