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alutaceous
[ al-yuh-tey-shuhs ]
adjective
- Zoology. covered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color.
- having the color of soft brown leather.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alutaceous1
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Example Sentences
Its habitat, its reddish or alutaceous cap, and its paler gills will clearly identify the species.
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The columella a thin alutaceous, granulose-roughened layer, extending along the base of the plasmodiocarp.
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The columella reduced to a thin alutaceous layer of granules of lime, forming the base of the plasmodiocarp.
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The head is a light yellow in all specimens I found, not alutaceous as Schw.
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