different between branlike vs furfuraceous
branlike
English
Etymology
bran +? -like
Adjective
branlike (comparative more branlike, superlative most branlike)
- Resembling or characteristic of bran.
Synonyms
- furfuraceous
- pityroid
Anagrams
- barnlike
branlike From the web:
furfuraceous
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; resembling 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-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, Samuel Plumbe (translator), On the Diseases of the Skin, Michael Ryan (editor), 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.
- 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,
Synonyms
- (made of bran): branny
- (resembling bran): branlike, branny
- (characterised by flakes): scurfy
Derived terms
- furfuraceous cretinism (medicine, obsolete)
- furfuraceous desquamation (medicine)
See also
- scurf
furfuraceous From the web:
- what does furfuraceous mean
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