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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin furfur (“bran”) + -aceous.
Adjective
furfuraceous (not comparable)
- 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 , 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: .
1834, Baron Alibert, “On the Diseases of the Skin”, in Samuel Plumbe, transl., edited by Michael Ryan, London Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 4, page 207: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.
2000, Dashka Slater, The Wishing Box, page 6:When she looked at photographs of raging urticaria or furfuraceous rashes, she teetered between repulsion and captivation.
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