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furcula | furcular | furculum | furdle | furfur | furfuraceous | furfural | furfuraldehyde | furfuran | furfuration | furfurine

furfuraceous

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fur=fu=ra=ceous

CIDE DICTIONARY

furfuraceousa. [L. furfuraceus.].
     Made of bran; like bran; scurfy.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

furfuraceous, adj.
1 Med. (of skin) resembling bran or dandruff; scaly.
2 Bot. covered with branlike scales.

Etymology
furfur scurf f. L furfur bran

THESAURUS

furfuraceous

asperous, branny, chalklike, chalky, comminute, comminuted, crushed, detrital, detrited, disintegrated, dusty, efflorescent, farinaceous, fine, flaky, flocculent, floury, gone to dust, grated, ground, impalpable, lentiginous, lepidote, levigated, mealy, milled, pestled, powdered, powdery, pulverant, pulverized, pulverulent, reduced to powder, scabby, scabious, scabrous, scaly, scobicular, scobiform, scurfy, sharded, shredded, squamous, triturated

ROGET THESAURUS

furfuraceous

Pulverulence

N powderiness, pulverulence, sandiness, efflorescence, friability, powder, dust, sand, shingle, sawdust, grit, meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule, crumb, seed, grain, particle, limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder, flocculi, smoke, cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke, puff of smoke, volume of smoke, sand storm, dust storm, pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure, limitation, tripsis, filing, mill, arrastra, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern, quern, koniology, powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous, arenose, arenarious, arenaceous, gritty, efflorescent, impalpable, lentiginous, lepidote, sabuline, sporaceous, sporous, pulverizable, friable, crumbly, shivery, pulverized, attrite, in pieces.


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