Subcoriaceous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Slightly leathery not-comparable
"Leaf narrowly obovate-oblanceolate, 6–10 x 1.2–1.8 cm, minutely emarginate at apex, the mid-vein protruding abaxially into a small apicule, gradually tapering toward the base into a deeply conduplicate petiole with strongly ancipitous margins, subcoriaceous."
Example
More examples"Leaf narrowly obovate-oblanceolate, 6–10 x 1.2–1.8 cm, minutely emarginate at apex, the mid-vein protruding abaxially into a small apicule, gradually tapering toward the base into a deeply conduplicate petiole with strongly ancipitous margins, subcoriaceous."
Etymology
From sub- + coriaceous.
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