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Definitions for membranaceous
mem·brana·ceous
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membranaceousadjective
Resembling or having properties of a membrane.
Etymology: From membranaceus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Membranaceous, Membraneous, Membranousadjective
Consisting of membranes.
Etymology: membraneux, Fr. from membrana, Lat.
Lute-strings, which are made of the membraneous parts of the guts strongly wreathed, swell so much as to break in wet weather. Boyle.
Great conceits are raised of the involution or membranous covering called the silly-how. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
Such birds as are carnivorous have no gizzard, or musculous, but a membranous stomach; that kind of food being torn into small flakes by the beak, may be easily concocted by a membranous stomach. John Ray, on Creation.
Anodyne substances, which take off contractions of the membranous parts, are diuretick. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
Birds of prey have membranaceous, not muscular stomachs. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
Webster Dictionary
Membranaceousadjective
same as Membranous
Membranaceousadjective
thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar
Etymology: [L. membranaceus.]
Entomology
Membranaceous
thin, skin-like, semi-transparent, like parchment: of a thin, pliable texture.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of membranaceous in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of membranaceous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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