furfuraceousadj.
/ˌfəːfəˈreɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌfərf(j)əˈreɪʃəs/ Resembling bran; scurfy, scaly; in Botany covered with bran-like scales.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > of disease: scurfy or scabby
roinousc1400
furfuraceous1650
scaly1796
crustaceous1801
squamose1822
squamous1829
psoriatic1836
desquamatory1837
desquamative1847
psoriasiform1897
scaling1897
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hard protective covering > having scales > covered with bran-like scales
furfuraceous1735
the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [adjective] > having bracts, etc.
scaly1597
paleaceous1648
squamous1658
paleated1661
paled1704
squamose1731
leprous1759
spathaceous1760
squarrose1760
comose1793
glumose1793
ramentaceous1806
squarrous1806
leprose1818
squamate1826
glumaceous1828
bracteolate1830
lepidote1836
bracteate1839
spathose1839
squamulose1846
bracteated1852
bracted1854
obimbricate1857
squamaceous1857
squarrulose1857
ramentiferous1858
furfuraceous1860
tribracteate1870
tribracteolate1870
paleate1879
bracteose1880
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 101 The furfuracerous excrements of the Temples.
1735 J. Moore Columbarium 26 The upper Chap of the Bill is half cover'd..with a naked, white, tuberous, furfuraceous Flesh.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 168 The urine is peculiarly distinguished by a natural furfuraceous separation.
1860 M. J. Berkeley Outl. Brit. Fungol. 177 Stem somewhat flexuous, brittle, furfuraceous, then smooth.
1876 Clin. Soc. Trans. 9 45 The epidermis, on being scratched, was raised in furfuraceous scales.
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