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furfuraceous, a.|fɜːfjʊəˈreɪʃəs| Also 7 erron. -acerous, 8 -acious. [f. late L. furfurāce-us (f. furfur bran) + -ous.] Resembling bran; scurfy, scaly; in Bot. covered with bran-like scales.
1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 101 The furfuracerous excrements of the Temples. 1735J. Moore Columbarium 26 The upper Chap of the Bill is half cover'd..with a naked, white, tuberous, furfuraceous Flesh. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 674 The urine is peculiarly distinguished by a natural furfuraceous separation. 1860Berkeley Brit. Fungol. 177 Stem somewhat flexuous, brittle, furfuraceous, then smooth. 1876Clin. Soc. Trans. IX. 45 The epidermis, on being scratched, was raised in furfuraceous scales. |