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单词 chartaceous
释义

chartaceous

/kɑːˈteɪʃəs /
adjective rare
Thin, dry, or flimsy like paper; papery.It is a shrub with chartaceous leaves....
  • In these specimens the scales are long, linear, chartaceous, and erect.
  • 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.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin chartaceus, from Latin charta 'paper, papyrus leaf' (see card1) + -eous.

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