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coriacious

coriacious is the alternative form of coriaceous.

Meaning of coriaceous

Adjective

coriaceous (comparative more coriaceous, superlative most coriaceous)

  1. Resembling leather; leathery.
    • 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.1997, JinShuang Ma, "New Species of Euonymus (Celastraceae) from East and South Asia", Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 93-111, Abstract.

Questions about coriacious

What is coriacious the alternative form of?
Coriacious is the alternative form of coriaceous.

Words near coriacious in the dictionary

  1. CORI
  2. Cori cycle
  3. coria
  4. coriaceous
  5. coriaceously
  6. coriacious
  7. coriamyrtin
  8. coriander
  9. coriander seed
  10. coriander seeds
  11. coriandered

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