Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Partially pellucid; imperfectly transparent: as, a semipellucid gem.
Wiktionary
- adj. Half clear, or imperfectly transparent.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Half clear, or imperfectly transparent.
Etymologies
- semi- + pellucid (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Over the papillae of the tongue is spread a single mucous, and semipellucid covering, which adheres firmly to them, and serves the purpose of a cuticle.”
Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease
“Allied to P. SQUAMULOSUM and P. ELOEAGNOIDES, but very distinct, especially in the presence of the large semipellucid hemispherical glands, seen more or less in various parts of the plant, but very conspicuous on the upper side of the leaves.] 17TH JUNE. —”
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
“Allied to P. SQUAMULOSUM and P. ELOEAGNOIDES, but very distinct, especially in the presence of the large semipellucid hemispherical glands, seen more or less in various parts of the plant, but very conspicuous on the upper side of the leaves.] 17TH JUNE.”
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
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