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View synonyms for coriaceous

coriaceous

[ kawr-ee-ey-shuhs, kohr-, kor- ]

adjective

  1. of or like leather.


coriaceous

/ ˌkɔːrɪˈeɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. of or resembling leather
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • subco·ri·aceous adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of coriaceous1

First recorded in 1665–75, coriaceous is from the Late Latin word coriāceus leathern. See corium, -aceous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of coriaceous1

C17: from Late Latin coriāceus from corium leather
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Example Sentences

Sterile flowers often 2, the second mostly a large awnless scale, becoming hood-like and coriaceous.

Border coriaceous, and set with bristles produced from three rows of tufts or pores.

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.

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.

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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