Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Partially pellucid; imperfectly transparent: as, a semipellucid gem.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Half clear, or imperfectly transparent.
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- adjective Half
clear , or imperfectlytransparent .
Etymologies
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Examples
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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 Thomas Garnett 1784
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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 2003
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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 Thomas Mitchell 1823
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