branny
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of branny
Example Sentences
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As the fading proceeds, the spots drop off in the form of little branny scales, which are sometimes, from their minuteness, scarcely perceptible.
From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Bull, Thomas
It came on suddenly, was visible for a short time, and then gradually disappeared, leaving, in some instances, a branny substance, consisting of a desquamation of the cuticle.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
The granulation of the middlings is done after the impurities are removed, the object being first to separate as perfectly as possible the middlings from the branny portions of the kernel.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry
The skin is rough with white branny scales, which are full of chinks; often moist beneath, and itching.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
The stem is stout, generally short, equal or tapering upward, abruptly narrowed at the base, minutely branny, colored like or a little paler than the cap, purplish-gray within.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
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