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corfiote |
corfute |
corgard |
corgi |
coriaceous
| coriander
| coriander plant
| coriander seed
| coriandrum
| coriandrum sativum
coriaceous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective coriaceous has 1 sense
- coriaceous(s = adj.all) leathered, leatherlike, leathery - resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
coriaceous, a. [L. coriaceous, fr. corium leather. See Cuirass.].
- Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough. [1913 Webster]
- Stiff, like leather or parchment. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
coriaceous, adj. like leather; leathery.
Etymology
LL coriaceus f. corium leather
ROGET THESAURUS
coriaceous
Tenacity
N tenacity, toughness, strength, (cohesion), grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion), sequacity, stubbornness (obstinacy), glue, cement, glutinousness, sequaciousness, viscidity, (semiliquidity), leather, white leather, whitleather, gristle, cartilage, unbreakability, tensile strength, tenacious, tough, strong, resisting, sequacious, stringy, gristly cartilaginous, leathery, coriaceous, tough as whitleather, stubborn, unbreakable, indivisible, atomic.
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