Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CO-RI-A'CEOUS
CO-RI-A'CEOUS, a. [L. coriaceus, from corium, leather.]
- Consisting of leather, or resembling leather; tough, as, coriaceous concretions. – Arbuthnot.
- In botany, stiff, like leather or parchment; applied to a leaf, a calyx, or capsule. – Martyn.
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