coriaceous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- subcoriaceous adjective
Etymology
Origin of coriaceous
First recorded in 1665–75, coriaceous is from the Late Latin word coriāceus leathern. See corium, -aceous
Example Sentences
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Pod coriaceous, stipitate, terete, more or less constricted between the seeds, indehiscent.
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Border coriaceous, and set with bristles produced from three rows of tufts or pores.
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The calyx is three-leaved; the corolla is large, composed of six petals — the three outer ones concave and coriaceous, and of a yellow colour; the three inner ones somewhat smaller and spherical.
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Hilum a point; spikelets not laterally compressed. α Fertile glume and pale hyaline; empty glumes thick, membranous to coriaceous or cartilaginous, the lowest the largest.
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The leaves he describes as having very short petioles, hearted at the base, and of a coriaceous consistence, and covered with large semi-globular glands.
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