Definition of "chartaceous" []

• Resembling paper or parchment; papery. (adjective)

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• "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."
• "The fourth glume is chartaceous or sub-chartaceous, usually 3-nerved and paleate; palea is equal to and similar to the fourth glume, 2-nerved."
• "The _second glume_ is chartaceous, immersed in the cavity of the joint, and filling the opening."