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   coriaceous

   /ˌkɒrɪˈeɪʃəs/

   adjective

   • 1. resembling or having the texture of leather: technical "coriaceous leaves"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from late Latin coriaceus (from Latin corium ‘leather’) + -ous.

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   What does coriaceous mean?

   • The coriaceous part of the hemelytra is of a purple tint, but the membranous part is brown. Those whose food is succulent grow more rapidly than those which have for their food dry gramineous plants and coriaceous lichens. Coriaceous definition: of or like leather.. See examples of CORIACEOUS used in a sentence.

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   What is coriaceous skin?

   • Coriaceous is a botanist's term for leathery in appearance, or just tough. You're not going to see it often used outside scientific contexts. To remember this word, think of corrugated which also describes a kind of surface roughness. Or think about how courageous people like sailors and mountain climbers end up with coriaceous or leathery skin.

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   What is a coriaceous plant?

   • Leaves are coriaceous in texture and range from sessile to sub-petiolate. The leaves of this species are coriaceous and sessile. The leaves are simple, opposite, hanging, oval-lanceolate, with serrated edges, naked and coriaceous. The leaves of this species are petiolate and coriaceous in texture.

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   What does coruscation mean?

   • 1. To give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter: diamonds coruscating in the candlelight. 2. To exhibit sparkling virtuosity: a flutist whose music coruscated throughout the concert hall. [Latin coruscāre, coruscāt-, to flash .] cor′us·ca′tion n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   Coriaceous definition: of or like leather.. See examples of CORIACEOUS used in a sentence.

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   The meaning of CORIACEOUS is resembling leather. How to use coriaceous in a sentence.

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   Coriaceous is a botanist's term for leathery in appearance, or just tough. You're not going to see it often used outside scientific contexts.

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   Coriaceous means having a hard, leathery texture, especially of leaves or fruits. See how to use this word in sentences from various sources, such as Wikipedia and the Cambridge English Corpus.

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   Coriaceous means leathery in texture, like leather. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of coriaceous in different languages, and see examples of its usage in sentences.

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   Coriaceous means of or like leather, or leathery in texture. Learn the origin, synonyms, and sentence examples of this adjective from YourDictionary.