coriaceous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having a tough, thick, or flexible texture resembling leather, especially in a leaf, shell, or skin

   The shrub's coriaceous leaves resisted drying in the coastal wind.

Borrowed from Late Latin coriaceus, 'made of leather,' from Latin corium, 'hide or leather.' Botany and zoology adopted it for leaves, shells, and other structures with a leathery texture.

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