furfuraceous

furfuraceous
Synonyms and related words:
asperous, branny, chalklike, chalky, comminute, comminuted, crushed, detrital, detrited, disintegrated, dusty, efflorescent, farinaceous, fine, flaky, flocculent, floury, gone to dust, grated, ground, impalpable, lentiginous, lepidote, levigated, mealy, milled, pestled, powdered, powdery, pulverant, pulverized, pulverulent, reduced to powder, scabby, scabious, scabrous, scaly, scobicular, scobiform, scurfy, sharded, shredded, squamous, triturated

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Furfuraceous — Fur fu*ra ceous, a. [L. furfuraceus.] Made of bran; like bran; scurfy. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • furfuraceous — [fʉr΄fyo͞o rā′shəs, fʉr΄fərā′shəs] adj. [LL furfuraceus: see FURFUR] 1. of or like bran 2. covered with dandruff …   English World dictionary

  • furfuraceous — Branny, or composed of small scales; denoting a form of desquamation. SYN: pityroid. [L. furfuraceus, fr. furfur, bran] * * * fur·fu·ra·ceous .fər f(y)ə rā shəs adj consisting of or covered with flaky particles <furfuraceous eczema> * * *… …   Medical dictionary

  • furfuraceous — furfuraceously, adv. /ferr fyeuh ray sheuhs, feuh /, adj. 1. of or containing bran 2. resembling bran; branlike. 3. scaly; scurfy. [1640 50; < LL furfuraceus. See FURFUR, ACEOUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • furfuraceous — adjective a) made of bran b) branlike, resembling bran …   Wiktionary

  • furfuraceous — adj. scaly, flaky; resembling bran …   English contemporary dictionary

  • furfuraceous — [ˌfə:f(j)ə reɪʃəs] adjective Botany & Medicine covered with or characterized by bran like scales. Origin C17: from late L. furfuraceus (from L. furfur bran ) + ous …   English new terms dictionary

  • furfuraceous — a. 1. Scurfy, branny, scaly, scabby, lentiginous. 2. Made of bran, bran, branny, full of bran, furfurous …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • furfuraceous —   Covered with bran like scales or powder, e.g. the emergent foliage of Cycas furfuracea and Zamia furfuracea …   Expanded glossary of Cycad terms

  • furfuraceous — fur·fu·ra·ceous …   English syllables

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