Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Made of or covered with scaly, branlike particles.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Made of or resembling bran.
  • Scaly; scurfy.
  • In botany, coated with bran-like particles; scurfy.

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

  • adjective Made of bran; like bran; scurfy.

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

  • adjective Made of bran.
  • adjective Resembling bran; having or characterised by small flakes that resemble bran; resembling dandruff.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Late Latin furfurāceus, branlike, scaly : Latin furfur, bran + Latin -āceus, -aceous.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin furfur ("bran") + English -aceous.

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  • Terrifying.

    July 4, 2009

  • 'His soul scaly ... furfuraceous scalp ...'

    - Gass, Omensetter's Luck

    March 24, 2013