coriaceous

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

adjective

1. of or like leather.

coriaceous

/ ˌkɔːrɪˈeɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of or resembling leather

Other Words From

• subco·ri·aceous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of coriaceous¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of coriaceous¹

C17: from Late Latin coriāceus from corium leather

Example Sentences

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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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Related Words

• rugged
• wrinkled