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Webster 1913 Edition
Membranaceous
Memˊbra-na′ceous
,Adj.
[L.
membranaceus
.] 2.
(Bot.)
Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar.
Webster 1828 Edition
Membranaceous
MEMBRANA'CEOUS
,Adj.
Birds of prey have membranaceous stomachs, not muscular.
1.
In botany, a membranaceous leaf has no distinguishable pulp between the two surfaces. In general, it denotes flatted or resembling parchment.Definition 2024
membranaceous
membranaceous
English
Adjective
membranaceous (comparative more membranaceous, superlative most membranaceous)
- Resembling or having properties of a membrane.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 75:
- "Nay he confirms what his Antagonist has wrote, partly by History, and partly by Reason; affirming that himself in his own Garden found two little birds with membranaceous wings utterly devoid of Legs, their form was near to that of a Bat's."
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 75:
Synonyms
- (resembling a membrane): membranous
Related terms
Translations
resembling or having properties of a membrane
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