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adjective
- 1. resembling or having the texture of leather: technical "coriaceous leaves"
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Coriaceous means resembling leather, derived from Late Latin coriaceus. Learn more about its etymology, first known use, and examples of coriaceous foliage.
Those whose food is succulent grow more rapidly than those which have for their food dry gramineous plants and coriaceous lichens. From Project Gutenberg. Coriaceous definition: of or like leather.. See examples of CORIACEOUS used in a sentence.
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.
Coriaceous means of or resembling leather. It comes from Late Latin coriāceus, from corium, meaning hide. See synonyms, examples and word frequency of coriaceous.
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.
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.
Coriaceous means of or like leather, or leathery in texture. Learn the origin, synonyms, and sentence examples of this adjective from YourDictionary.
