单词 | pergamentaceous |
释义 | pergamentaceousadj. Biology (now chiefly Botany). Of the nature or texture of parchment. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > skin (vellum or parchment) > [adjective] > parchment pergamenous1656 pergameneous1826 pergamentaceous1848 parchmenty1850 1848 T. R. Jones in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 20/1 Polypary pergamentaceous or corneous. 1875 T. H. Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 763/1 [They] are apt to become tough and almost pergamentaceous in spirit specimens. 1927 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 14 114 Blades..pergamentaceous, brownish-green and shining above. 1991 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 78 657/1 Blades pergamentaceous to subcoriaceous, broadly ovate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1848 |
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