单词 | alutaceous |
释义 | alutaceous in American English (ˌæljəˈteiʃəs) adjective 1. Zoology covered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color 2. having the color of soft brown leather Word origin [1870–75; ‹ LL alūtācius, equiv. to L alūt(a) leather softened with alum + -ācius -acious (altered to -aceous); L alūta appears to be a ptp. (alū- + -ta, fem. of -tus) akin to alū- in alūmen alum1] |
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