coriaceous

• “Summit forests are low (8-15m) and species-poor; their leaves are almost entirely coriaceous.”

  Canaima National Park, Venezuela

• “The genus, or rather family of Epeira, is here characterized by many singular forms; some species have pointed coriaceous shells, others enlarged and spiny tibiæ.”

  Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle

• “This is a general practice with the granivorous tribes, in order to provide their young with soft and digestible food before they are strong enough to digest the hard, coriaceous seed.”

  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859

• “Coleoptera: sheath-winged: an order with the primaries coriaceous, used as a cover only, meeting in a straight line dorsally; mouth mandibulate; pro-thorax free; transformation complete: the beetles: the term has also been applied to the two elytra together.”

  Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology

• “Hemelytra: a modification of the anterior wings of Heteroptera, coriaceous at base, membranous at tip, not meeting in a straight line at the middle: more specifically applied to the corium; q.v.: also used for the tegmina of Orthoptera.”

  Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology

• “The effects of heat and frost are not so apparent in Oak woods, which have a more coriaceous and persistent foliage than other deciduous trees: but Oaks do not attain the perfection of their beauty, until the Ash, the Maple, and the Tupelo -- the glory of the first period of autumn -- have shed a great portion of their leaves.”

  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861

• “Its upper parts and sides are defended by a coat, or rather cloak, of mail, of a coriaceous nature, but exceeding in inflexibility sole-leather of equal thickness.”

  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 572, October 20, 1832

• “Fronds coriaceous, pale, simply pinnate, or bipinnate below; the divisions broadly linear or oblong, or the sterile sometimes oval, chiefly entire, somewhat heart-shaped, or else truncate at the stalked base.”

  The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada

• “The leaves are alternate, oblong, short petioled, nearly coriaceous, about 2 feet long by 6 inches wide, entire or undivided, and of a bright green color.”

  Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887

• “The fruit, when ripe, is of a dark scarlet colour, and the ordinary coffee-berry contains two semi-elliptic seeds of a horny or cartilaginous nature glued together and enveloped in a coriaceous membrane; when this is removed each seed is found covered with a silver-grey pellicle.”

  The Philippine Islands

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