subcoriaceous

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English

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ coriaceous.

Adjective

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subcoriaceous (not comparable)

  1. Slightly leathery
    • 2015 July 25, “Specklinia dunstervillei, a New Species Long Confused with Specklinia endotrachys (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae)”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      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.