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chartaceous

chartaceous

9.9
Having a thin texture like paper
  • adjective
  • /ˌtʃɑːrˈteɪʃəs/
  • Specialized
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  • Botanists often describe sepals as chartaceous when they resemble thin paper.

Examples

  • The dried leaf had a distinctly chartaceous feel when touched.

  • The chartaceous bracts separated easily from the stem.

  • That paper feels chartaceous.

  • Look at how chartaceous this leaf is!

  • The dried leaf had a distinctly chartaceous feel when touched.

  • Botanists often describe sepals as chartaceous when they resemble thin paper.

  • The chartaceous bracts separated easily from the stem.

Synonyms

paper-thin
vschartaceous
8 3.9

Very thin and easily damaged, like a sheet of paper

focuses on thinness rather than primarily on surface texture
papery
vschartaceous
2 4.8

Thin and like paper in feel or look

is the technical term used in scientific contexts for the same texture
paperlike
vschartaceous
4.1

Feels thin, flat and dry like paper

is the more technical label rather than everyday descriptive wording
sheetlike
vschartaceous
5.2

Thin and flat like a sheet

describes texture similarity rather than shape or flat form
tissue-like
vschartaceous
3.7

Very thin, soft, and easy to tear like paper used for cleaning

refers to a firmer texture not necessarily soft or easily torn
tissuey
vschartaceous
6.7

Thin and light like tissue paper

is used for a firmer writing material feel rather than extreme softness

Antonyms

thick
585 1.0

Having a large distance between two sides and often very dense

How Papery

chartaceous
  • Specialized
9.9
membranous
  • Specialized
1 7.4
thin
420 1.0
delicate
188 3.8

Surface Forms

chartaceous positive

Morphology

chartaceous = chart (opaque) = chart + aceous

Although the word is formally built from chart + -aceous, the meaning 'papery' depends on an older sense of chart related to paper, not the modern English noun.

Etymology

Chartaceous comes from the Latin word charta, meaning 'paper'. Think of a chart (a sheet of paper with information), so chartaceous describes something that feels thin and 'papery'.