furfuraceous
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furfuraceous
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Borrowed from Latin furfur (“bran”) + -aceous.
adjective
- Made of bran.
- Resembling bran; having or characterised by small flakes that resemble bran or dandruff. 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
