Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or of the nature of membrane; consisting of membrane; membranous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Same as Membranous.
  • adjective (Bot.) Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Resembling or having properties of a membrane.

Etymologies

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From Latin membrānāceus.

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