subcoriaceous

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ coriaceous.

Adjective

subcoriaceous (not comparable)

1. Slightly leathery
   • 2015 July 25, “Specklinia dunstervillei, a New Species Long Confused with Specklinia endotrachys (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae)”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     Leaf narrowly obovate-oblanceolate, 6–10 x 1.2–1.8 cm, minutely emarginate at apex, the mid-vein protruding abaxially into a small apicule, gradually tapering toward the base into a deeply conduplicate petiole with strongly ancipitous margins, subcoriaceous.