Definitions for coriaceous

coriaceous co·ri·a·ceous

Spelling: [kawr-ee-ey-shuh s, kohr-, kor-]
IPA: /ˌkɔr iˈeɪ ʃəs, ˌkoʊr-, ˌkɒr-/

Coriaceous is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 468 anagrams from letters in coriaceous (acceioorsu).

Definitions for coriaceous

adjective

  1. of or like leather.

Origin of coriaceous

First recorded in 1665-75, coriaceous is from the Late Latin word coriāceus leathern. See corium, -aceous

Examples for coriaceous

The flesh of the animal, however, is coriaceous, and little esteemed.

Probably the coriaceous tortoise, which is covered with a strong hide.

There is also a genus of carnivorous habits, called the Sphargis, or coriaceous turtle.

The fourth glume is coriaceous, lanceolate, bisexual or female.

In structure they are coriaceous, and include plants both with broad and narrow, branched and unbranched fronds.

Capsule truncate, coriaceous, 3-lobed, loculicidal at the summit.

Scales of the fertile catkin ovate, 2-flowered, coriaceous, persistent.

The hemelytra are horizontal, coriaceous, and of a dirty grey colour.

The fourth glume is coriaceous, with a bisexual or female flower.

The eggs are contained in the tubes, and are coriaceous and smooth.

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