furfuraceous
Americanadjective
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of or containing bran
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resembling bran; branlike.
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scaly; scurfy.
adjective
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relating to or resembling bran
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med resembling dandruff; scaly
Other Word Forms
- furfuraceously adverb
Etymology
Origin of furfuraceous
From the Late Latin word furfurāceus, dating back to 1640–50. See furfur, -aceous
Example Sentences
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His close third-person narration is studded with aggressively arcane terms: muculent, feculent, furfuraceous, erotopath.
From The New Yorker
Desquamation sometimes furfuraceous, sometimes lamellar, involving all of the epidermic layer in such a manner that in some places the papillary layer was exposed.
From Project Gutenberg
Furfuraceous, covered with bran-like fine scurf.
From Project Gutenberg
P. 2-2.5 cm. very thin, expanded, furfuraceous with shining particles, pale, sulcate; g. adnate, snow-white; s. 6-7 cm. silky, striate; sp.
From Project Gutenberg
Pileus thin, convex then deformed, squamulose or furfuraceous; g. adnate, broad; usually distant and powdered with the white spores. ectypa, Fr.
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