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coriaceous

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Adjective
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co=ri=a=ceous

CIDE DICTIONARY

coriaceousa. [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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