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Resembling leather; leathery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leathered, leatherlike, leathery
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)kóros? Proto-Indo-European *-yóm Proto-Indo-European *(s)koryóm Proto-Italic *korjom Latin corium Proto-Indo-European *-eh2-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āceus Latin coriāceusbor. English coriaceous Borrowed from Latin coriāceus.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
leerachtig
— leathery
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Italian:
coriaceo
— leathery
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Russian:
ко́жистый
(kóžistyj)
— leathery
