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- Leaves with noticeably thick and leathery surfaces are called coriaceous.
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Coriaceous: Having a leathery texture.* For example, the leaves of rhododendrons. *Allaby, M. (2006). A dictionary of plant sciences (Revised ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary of leaf morphology.
Coriaria is the sole genus in the family Coriariaceae, which was described by Linnaeus in 1753. [3][5] It includes 14 species [6] of small trees, shrubs and subshrubs, with a widespread but disjunct distribution across warm temperate regions of the world, occurring as far apart as the Mediterranean region, southern and eastern Asia, New Zealand ...
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.
Plants bear more or less clustered unifoliate pseudobulbs (rarely bifoliate), coriaceous dark-olive leaves, and possess long inflorescences with successive flowering.
Leaves with noticeably thick and leathery surfaces are called coriaceous. Smooth leaves lack indentations, projections, trichomes or rough surface growths. Wax coatings of various thickness and colors on leaves are its cuticle. A leaf surface is considered sticky (i.e. due to tree based materials not pest excrement), or called gluey or tacky.
White mulberry is a fast-growing, deciduous tree with alternate, toothy leaves. It is native to eastern Asia, and introduced in North America. It is planted widely for wildlife, and may have a tendency to escape from gardens.
