papyraceous

[ pap-uh-rey-shuhs ]

adjective

1. papery.

papyraceous

/ ˌpæpɪˈreɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, made of, or resembling paper

Word History and Origins

Origin of papyraceous¹

1745–55; < Latin papȳr ( us ) papyrus + -aceous

Word History and Origins

Origin of papyraceous¹

C18: from papyrus + -aceous . See paper

Example Sentences

The medical term for this is fetus papyraceous — meaning “like parchment.”

From Time

The members of the genus are possessed of the following characters:—Bark often papyraceous; leaves deciduous, compound, alternate and imparipinnate, with leaflets serrate or entire; flowers in racemes or panicles, white, green, yellowish or pink, having a small persistent, 5-dentate calyx, 5 petals, 10 stamens, a sessile 3 to 5-chambered ovary, a long style, and a 3-lobed stigma; fruit trigonal or pentagonal; and seed compressed.

From Project Gutenberg

Then Sandra spelled cedilla with an "s," and it was only because Jean flubbed papyraceous that Sandra was saved.

From Time Magazine Archive

Papyraceous, like parchment in texture.

From Project Gutenberg

Sporangia gregarious, scattered, white or ashen, rugulose over the whole surface, the ridges marking the lines of subsequent rupture or dehiscence, the peridium thin papyraceous, stipitate; stipe well developed about equal to the sporangium, subulate, almost black; hypothallus none; columella distinct, generally white, sometimes small, globose, sometimes penetrating the sporangium, to one-half the height; capillitium white or colorless, the filaments freely forked and combined by lateral branches into a loose network attached to the columella and basal wall below and the upper sporangial wall above; spores violaceous-brown, warted, 8–10 �.

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