(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:07:20

Mem`bra*na"ceous (?), a. [L. membranaceus.]

1.

Same as Membranous.

Arbuthnot.

2. Bot.

Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar.

 

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