coriaceous

English

Etymology

From Latin corium (“skin, leather”) +‎ -aceous.

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.
• “coriaceous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.