coriaceous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coriāceus.

Adjective

coriaceous (comparative more coriaceous, superlative most coriaceous)

1. (botany) Resembling leather; leathery.
   • 1997, JinShuang Ma, "New Species of Euonymus (Celastraceae) from East and South Asia", Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 93-111, Abstract.

     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.

Derived terms

• semicoriaceous
• subcoriaceous

Translations

leathery

Dutch: leerachtig (nl) Italian: coriaceo (it) Russian: ко́жистый (ru) (kóžistyj)

References

• “coriaceous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “coriaceous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.