vegetable leather

noun

A type of synthetic leather made of cotton waste.

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Meanings

nounvegetable leather (countable and uncountable, plural vegetable leathers)

plural vegetable leathers

  1. countableuncountableA type of synthetic leather made of cotton waste.
  2. countableuncountableLinen cloth coated with india rubber.

    Vegetable leather […]is now produced 50 yards in length , and 11 yards wide , every portion being of equal and of any required thickness , and the smallest portion is convertible

    1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines
  3. countableuncountablevegetable-tanned leather. Leather (from animal hides) cured with vegetable tannins.

Translations

Spanish antelina
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APA

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“vegetable leather.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vegetable%20leather. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vegetable leather,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vegetable%20leather.

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