Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, papery; resembling writing-paper. Also cartaceous.

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

  • adjective Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery.

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  • adjective Resembling paper or parchment; papery.

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  • adjective of or like paper

Etymologies

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Latin chartaceus. See charta.

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Examples

  • The _fourth glume_ is ovate or oblong, rugulose, chartaceous, apex with a distinct mucro concealed in the second and third glumes; _palea_ same as the glume in texture, etc.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • The third and the fourth glumes are chartaceous, narrowly lanceolate, 3-nerved, bicuspidate and awned below the tip; awns are capillary, straight; the callus is bearded and articulate at the base.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • The _second_ _glume_ is shorter than the first, chartaceous to a certain extent, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, concave, terminating in a fine scabrid awn,

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • The _second glume_ is chartaceous, ovate-lanceolate, acute, equal to or slightly longer than the first glume but narrower, 3-nerved, margin infolded, thinly shortly ciliate, dorsally glabrous, shining.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • The _first glume_ is chartaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 2-toothed with the teeth ending in two short awns, densely ciliated at the apex on one side, conspicuously 6 -

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • The _first glume_ is chartaceous, obovate-oblong, obtuse, many-nerved (thirteen or more), thinly ciliate with long hairs and with

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • The fourth glume is chartaceous or sub-chartaceous, usually 3-nerved and paleate; palea is equal to and similar to the fourth glume, 2-nerved.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • It has always seemed to me, Madam, that that same jaw-bone must have been either prodigiously strong and tough, or else the Philistine crania must have been of very chartaceous texture.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 Various

  • The _second glume_ is chartaceous, immersed in the cavity of the joint, and filling the opening.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • The remaining glumes _fourth_ to _seventh_ are borne by the rachilla, thinly chartaceous, broadly obcordate or obovate, gradually diminishing in size, purple-tinged, 3 - to 5-nerved, scaberulous.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

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  • If a baker’s to be efficacious

    He must be both strong and tenacious.

    Puff pastry’s a test

    To challenge the best

    To roll the dough out till chartaceous.

    May 15, 2019