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coriaceous
[ kawr-ee-ey-shuhs, kohr-, kor- ]
adjective
- of or like leather.
coriaceous
/ ˌkɔːrɪˈeɪʃəs /
adjective
- of or resembling leather
Other Words From
- subco·ri·aceous adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of coriaceous1
Word History and Origins
Origin of coriaceous1
Example Sentences
The two kinds of spores in the same or different sporangia which are borne in a coriaceous peduncled sporocarp arising from a slender creeping rhizome.
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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