chartaceous

American  

[kahr-tey-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

Example Sentences

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.

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 Rangachari, K.

The fourth glume is ellipsoidal, obtuse, chartaceous, minutely and obscurely rugulose, faintly 3-nerved, with the base somewhat thickened.

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

The fourth glume is ovate or oblong, rugulose, chartaceous, apex with a distinct mucro concealed in the second and third glumes; palea same as the glume in texture, etc.

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

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 Gray, Asa