Definition of "furfuraceous" []

• Made of or covered with scaly particles, such as dandruff. (adjective)
• Relating to or resembling bran. (adjective)

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• "But farinaceous sediments in the urine are bad, and still worse are the leafy; the white and thin are very bad, but the furfuraceous are still worse than these."
• "In those cases where there are furfuraceous particles discharged along with thick urine, there is scabies of the bladder."
• "_Combretum_ presents several points in common with Rhamneae; valvate calyx, and tendency to want of petals; to Elaeagneae in calyx and furfuraceous scales; a decandrous Rhamneae would differ but little in flowers from Combretum."