Coriaceous

Coriaceous

Coriaceous means "resembling leather" or "of a leathery texture". It is often used in botany to describe parts of plant morphology, especially leaves.


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  • Coriaceous — Co ri*a ceous (k? r? ? sh?s), a. [L. coriaceous, fr. corium leather. See {Cuirass}.] 1. Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Stiff, like leather or parchment. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • coriaceous — [kō΄rē ā′shəs, kôr΄ēā′shəs] adj. [LL coriaceus < L corium, hide: see CORIUM] of or like leather …   English World dictionary

  • coriaceous — adjective Etymology: Late Latin coriaceus more at cuirass Date: 1674 resembling leather < coriaceous foliage > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • coriaceous — adjective Resembling leather; leathery. This species is similar to E. vagans Wallich in the texture of the leaves, which are more thickly coriaceous and have fewer crenulations on margin; the large globose capsules are white spotted. JinShuang Ma …   Wiktionary

  • coriaceous — adj. [L. corium, leather] Tough and leathery; of leathery texture …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • coriaceous — /kawr ee ay sheuhs, kohr , kor /, adj. of or like leather. [1665 75; < LL coriaceus leathern. See CORIUM, ACEOUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • coriaceous — co·ri·a·ceous (kor″e aґshəs) [L. corium leather] resembling leather; leathery, tough; said of bacterial cultures …   Medical dictionary

  • coriaceous — co·ri·a·ceous || ‚kÉ’rɪ eɪʃəs adj. resembling leather, leather like …   English contemporary dictionary

  • coriaceous — [ˌkɒrɪ eɪʃəs] adjective technical resembling or having the texture of leather. Origin C17: from late L. coriaceus (from L. corium leather ) + ous …   English new terms dictionary

  • coriaceous — a. Leathery, tough …   New dictionary of synonyms

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