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chartaceous

chartaceous adjective: resembling paper or parchment; papery.

Adjective

chartaceous (comparative more chartaceous, superlative most chartaceous)

  1. Resembling paper or parchment; papery.
    • a plant with chartaceous leaves
    • chartaceous lemma

Forms of chartaceous

comparativemore chartaceous
superlativemost chartaceous

Origin of chartaceous

From Latin chartaceus. See charta.

Words formed from chartaceous

Questions about chartaceous

What does chartaceous mean?
Chartaceous means resembling paper or parchment; papery.
What part of speech is chartaceous?
Chartaceous is an adjective.

Words near chartaceous in the dictionary

  1. chart-topper
  2. chart-toppers
  3. chart-topping
  4. chartability
  5. chartable
  6. chartaceous
  7. chartaceously
  8. chartage
  9. chartalism
  10. chartalist
  11. chartalists

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