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 orparchment ;papery .
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- adjective of or like paper
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
qms commented on the word chartaceous
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