Definition of chartaceous in English:

chartaceous

adjective kɑːˈteɪʃəs

rare

Thin, dry, or flimsy like paper; papery.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a shrub with chartaceous leaves.
- In these specimens the scales are long, linear, chartaceous, and erect.
- Since the pod of the pigeon pea is chartaceous rather than succulent, the lesions are more like spots than cankers.
- The nest of this wasp he found attached to a small bush, and about the size of a man's head, being covered with a chartaceous envelope, like that of European wasps.
- It has always seemed to me, Madam, that that same jaw-bone must have been either prodigiously strong and tough, or else the Philistine crania must have been of very chartaceous texture.
Synonyms
thin, paper-thin, gossamer-thin, ultra-thin, flimsy, delicate, insubstantial, fragile, frail, light, lightweight

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin chartaceus, from Latin charta 'paper, papyrus leaf' (see card¹) + -eous.

单词	chartaceous
释义	Definition of chartaceous in English: chartaceous adjective kɑːˈteɪʃəs rare Thin, dry, or flimsy like paper; papery. Example sentencesExamples It is a shrub with chartaceous leaves. In these specimens the scales are long, linear, chartaceous, and erect. Since the pod of the pigeon pea is chartaceous rather than succulent, the lesions are more like spots than cankers. The nest of this wasp he found attached to a small bush, and about the size of a man's head, being covered with a chartaceous envelope, like that of European wasps. It has always seemed to me, Madam, that that same jaw-bone must have been either prodigiously strong and tough, or else the Philistine crania must have been of very chartaceous texture. Synonyms thin, paper-thin, gossamer-thin, ultra-thin, flimsy, delicate, insubstantial, fragile, frail, light, lightweight Origin Mid 17th century: from late Latin chartaceus, from Latin charta 'paper, papyrus leaf' (see card¹) + -eous.
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