chartaceous

American  

[kahr-tay-shuhs] / kɑrˈteɪ ʃəs /

adjective

1. 

   of or like paper; papery.

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Etymology

Origin of chartaceous

First recorded in 1645–55, chartaceous is from the Latin word chartāceus made of papyrus. See charta, -aceous

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Example Sentences

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chartaceous

The fourth glume is chartaceous or sub-chartaceous, usually 3-nerved and paleate; palea is equal to and similar to the fourth glume, 2-nerved.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari

The first glume is spreading or erect, chartaceous, many-nerved, two-toothed at the apex and with narrow hyaline margins from about the middle to the apex.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari

The second glume is longer than the first, laterally compressed, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, chartaceous, glabrous but often with long hairs on the keel towards the upper half, 5-nerved, the lateral nerves anastomosing.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari

The first glume is oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, 3/5 inch long, acute, many-nerved, concave with inflexed margins bearing narrow green many-veined wings.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari

Rudiment of second flower wanting; glumes and palet rather chartaceous, compressed-keeled; flowering glume 1-nerved, entirely awnless; palet strongly 2-keeled; panicle at length open and loose.

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 Asa Gray

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