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subcoriaceous

subcoriaceous adjective: slightly leathery.

Adjective

subcoriaceous (not comparable)

  1. Slightly leathery
    • Leaf narrowly obovate-oblanceolate, 6–10 x 1.2–1.8 cm, minutely emarginate at apex, the mid-vein protruding abaxially into a small apicule, gradually tapering toward the base into a deeply conduplicate petiole with strongly ancipitous margins, subcoriaceous.2015 July 25, “Specklinia dunstervillei, a New Species Long Confused with Specklinia endotrachys (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of subcoriaceous

Borrowed from Latin subcoriāceus. By surface analysis, sub- + coriaceous.

Questions about subcoriaceous

What does subcoriaceous mean?
Subcoriaceous means slightly leathery.
What part of speech is subcoriaceous?
Subcoriaceous is an adjective.

Words near subcoriaceous in the dictionary

  1. subcooling
  2. subcools
  3. subcoracoid
  4. subcordate
  5. subcordiform
  6. subcoriaceous
  7. subcorneal
  8. subcorneally
  9. subcorneous
  10. subcorollaries
  11. subcorollary

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