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schistaceous

schistaceous adjective: having the color of slate; slaty.

Adjective

schistaceous (comparative more schistaceous, superlative most schistaceous)

  1. Having the color of slate; slaty
    • Eyes golden-green. Mouth black. Thorax schistaceous beneath.1851, Francis Walker, Insecta Britannica: Diptera - Volume 1, page 217
    • In No. 736 the throat is almost uniform schistaceous, except a few blackish dots here and there.1907, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, On a Collection of Birds from Teffé, Rio Solimões, Brazil, page 64
  2. Containing schist or exhibiting schistosity; schistose.
    • Wills does not just climb cliffs or scramble over boulders; he negotiates "schistaceous gneiss."1999, Richard Bevis, Road to Egdon Heath: The Aesthetics of the Great in Nature, page 243
    • Habitat: Climbing over dwarf bushes or oak trees, on hill slopes, in forests, near streams, on schistaceous, sandy and rocky soils, 1300–3300m.2002, Wing Ming Keung, Pueraria: The Genus Pueraria, page 13

Forms of schistaceous

comparativemore schistaceous
superlativemost schistaceous

Origin of schistaceous

From schist + -aceous.

Questions about schistaceous

What does schistaceous mean?
Schistaceous means having the color of slate; slaty.
What part of speech is schistaceous?
Schistaceous is an adjective.

Words near schistaceous in the dictionary

  1. schismogenically
  2. schisms
  3. Schissler
  4. Schisslers
  5. schist
  6. schistaceous
  7. schistatin
  8. schistic
  9. schistified
  10. schistifies
  11. schistify

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