coriaceous
[kawr-ee-ey-shuh s, kohr-, kor-]
- of or like leather.
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Origin of coriaceous
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The fourth glume is coriaceous, lanceolate, bisexual or female.
A Handbook of Some South Indian GrassesRai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
The fourth glume is coriaceous, with a bisexual or female flower.
A Handbook of Some South Indian GrassesRai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
The eggs are contained in the tubes, and are coriaceous and smooth.
The Ocean World:Louis Figuier
The flesh of the animal, however, is coriaceous, and little esteemed.
The Ocean World:Louis Figuier
Scales of the fertile catkin ovate, 2-flowered, coriaceous, persistent.
Woodland GleaningsCharles Tilt
coriaceous
corious
- of or resembling leather
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Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin coriāceus from corium leather
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