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alutaceous

[ al-yuh-tey-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. Zoology. covered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color.
  2. having the color of soft brown leather.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of alutaceous1

1870–75; < Late Latin alūtācius, equivalent to Latin alūt ( a ) leather softened with alum + -ācius -acious (altered to -aceous ); Latin alūta appears to be a past participle ( alū- + -ta, feminine of -tus ) akin to alū- in alūmen alum 1
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Example Sentences

Its habitat, its reddish or alutaceous cap, and its paler gills will clearly identify the species.

The columella a thin alutaceous, granulose-roughened layer, extending along the base of the plasmodiocarp.

The columella reduced to a thin alutaceous layer of granules of lime, forming the base of the plasmodiocarp.

The head is a light yellow in all specimens I found, not alutaceous as Schw.

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