Coriaceous

Coˊri-a′ceous

(k?ˊr?-?′sh?s)

,

Adj.

[L.

coriaceous

, fr.

corium

leather. See

.]

1.

Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough.

2.

(Bot.)

Stiff, like leather or parchment.

,

Adj.

[L., leather.]

1.

Consisting of leather, or resembling leather; tough; as coriaceous concretions.

2.

In botany, stiff, like leather or parchment; applied to a leaf, a calyx or capsule.

coriaceous ‎(comparative more coriaceous, superlative most coriaceous)

(botany) Resembling leather; leathery.
- 1997, JinShuang Ma, "New Species of Euonymus (Celastraceae) from East and South Asia", Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 93-111, Abstract.
  This species is similar to E. vagans Wallich in the texture of the leaves, which are more thickly coriaceous and have fewer crenulations on margin; the large globose capsules are white spotted.

leathery