furfuraceous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Made of bran. not-comparable
  2. Resembling bran; having or characterised by small flakes that resemble bran or dandruff. not-comparable
    — 1828, William Jackson Hooker, Pitcairnia Bracteata: Bracteated Pitcairnia, Samuel Curtis (editor), Curtis's Botanical Magazine: Or, Flower Garden Displayed, Volume 55 [Volume 2 of the New Series], page 207, Leaves a foot or more long on the lower part of the cylindrical and furfuraceous stem, linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, obscurely striated, very acuminated, the margin entire, except at the sheathing base, where there are some strong brown teeth pointing upwards: […] .

词汇关系

衍生词
furfuraceous cretinism furfuraceous desquamation
相关词
scurf

词源

Borrowed from Latin furfur (“bran”) + -aceous.
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