Coriaceous definition
Coriaceous leaves.
Coriaceous leaves.
1997 This species is similar to E. vagans Wallich in the texture of the leaves, which are more thickly coriaceous and have fewer crenulations on margin; the large globose capsules are white spotted. — JinShuang Ma, "New Species of Euonymus (Celastraceae) from East and South Asia", Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 93-111, Abstract.
Origin of coriaceous
- From Late Latin coriāceus from Latin corium leather sker-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition