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Webster 1913 Edition

(k?ˊr?-?′sh?s)

Adj.

[L.

coriaceous

, fr.

corium

leather. See

Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough.

(Bot.)

Stiff, like leather or parchment.

Adj.

[L., leather.]

Consisting of leather, or resembling leather; tough; as coriaceous concretions.

In botany, stiff, like leather or parchment; applied to a leaf, a calyx or capsule.