Membranous

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  • adjective. Relating to, made of, or similar to a membrane.
  • adjective. Characterized by the formation of a usually abnormal membrane or a layer similar to a membrane.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having a membrane or membranes; membraniferous.
  • Consisting of membrane; having the texture or quality of a membrane; membranaceous.
  • Of or pertaining in any way to membrane; resembling membrane; membraniform.
  • In botany, having the character or appearance of membrane; thin, rather soft and pliable, and often more or less translucent, as sometimes leaves, the walls of seed-vessels, the indusia in ferns, etc. See phrases below.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane.
  • adjective. Membranaceous.
  • adjective. true croup. See Croup.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a membrane.
  • adjective. Accompanying the formation of a membrane.
  • adjective. Thin, pliable, and often transparent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane)
  • adjective. relating to or made of or similar to a membrane
  • Word Usage
    "Every little cell is surrounded by a thin membranous wall, like a soap bubble."
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