coriaceous

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Frequency: 1.65 in modern English

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"1997, JinShuang Ma, "New Species of Euonymus (Celastraceae) from East and South Asia", Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 93-111, Abstract. This species is similar to E. vagans Wallich in the texture of the leaves, which are more thickly coriaceous and have fewer crenulations on margin; the large globose capsules are white spotted."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)kóros? Proto-Indo-European *-yóm Proto-Indo-European *(s)koryóm Proto-Italic *korjom Latin corium Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āceus Latin coriāceusbor. English coriaceous Borrowed from Latin coriāceus.

more coriaceous (comparative) most coriaceous (superlative)

coriaceously semicoriaceous subcoriaceous

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