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corticine

corticine noun: a material used for floor covering, made of ground cork and india rubber.

Noun

corticine (usually uncountable, plural corticines)

  1. (dated, usually) A material used for floor covering, made of ground cork and india rubber.

Forms of corticine

pluralcorticines

Origin of corticine

Borrowed from French corticine, from Latin cortex, corticis (“bark”).

Questions about corticine

What does corticine mean?
Corticine means a material used for floor covering, made of ground cork and india rubber.
What part of speech is corticine?
Corticine is a noun.
What is the plural of corticine?
The plural of corticine is corticines.

Words near corticine in the dictionary

  1. corticiaceous
  2. corticiferous
  3. corticiform
  4. corticifugal
  5. corticifugally
  6. corticine
  7. corticines
  8. corticioid
  9. corticioids
  10. corticipetal
  11. corticipetally

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