Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coriaceous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Coriaceous \Co`ri*a"ceous\ (k?`r?-?"sh?s), a. [L. coriaceous,
fr. corium leather. See {Cuirass}.]
1. Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough.

2. (Bot.) Stiff, like leather or parchment.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

coriaceous
adj : resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable
[syn: {leathered}, {leatherlike}, {leathery}]


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