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coriaceous
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.For further exploring for "coriaceous" in Webster Dictionary Online