Etymology

alutaceous

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Today it means: leathery in color or texture. Full definition →

Latin alutacius
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromalutacius
  2. English todayalutaceous

Latin alutacius, from aluta (“soft leather”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.