What does furfuraceous mean?
Furfuraceous means Made of bran..
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Made of bran..
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: […] .
This form does not produce crusts, but furfuraceous scales, white, more or less thick, sometimes damp, and adhering to the hair by the help of a viscous and fœtid discharge, and sometimes dry and friable, detaching itself from the head with the greatest facility.
When she looked at photographs of raging urticaria or furfuraceous rashes, she teetered between repulsion and captivation.
Use furfuraceous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Furfuraceous means Made of bran..
Common synonyms include branny, branlike, scurfy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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: […] .
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