alutaceous

[ al-yuh-tey-shuh s ]
/ ˌæl yəˈteɪ ʃəs /

adjective

Zoology. covered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color.
having the color of soft brown leather.

Origin of alutaceous

1870–75; < Late Latin alūtācius, equivalent to Latin alūt(a) leather softened with alum + -ācius -acious (altered to -aceous); Latin alūta appears to be a past participle ( alū- + -ta, feminine of -tus) akin to alū- in alūmen alum1

Words nearby alutaceous

alumroot, alundum, alunite, alunogen, alure, alutaceous, alva, alvar, alvarado, alvarez, alvarez hypothesis

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