- Schistaceous
- Schistaceous \Schis*ta"ceous\, a. Of a slate color. [1913 Webster]
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Schistaceous
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schistaceous — schiˈstaceous, a. Bot. [f. schist1 + aceous.] Having the colour of schist or slate, blue grey. B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms … Useful english dictionary
schist — n. foliated metamorphic crystalline rock. ♦ schistaceous, a. slate coloured. ♦ schistic, ♦ schistose, a. ♦ schistoid, a. like schist. ♦ schistosis, n. fibrosis of lungs from inhaling slate dust … Dictionary of difficult words
