furfuraceous

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin furfur (“bran”) +‎ -aceous. === Adjective === furfuraceous (not comparable) Made of bran. Resembling bran; having or characterised by small flakes that resemble bran or dandruff. 1828, William Jackson Hooker, Pitcairnia Bracteata: Bracteated Pitcairnia, Samuel Curtis (editor), Curtis's Botanical Magazine: Or, Flower Garden Displayed, Volume 55 [Volume 2 of the New Series], page 207, Leaves a foot or more long on the lower part of the cylindrical and furfuraceous stem, linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, obscurely striated, very acuminated, the margin entire, except at the sheathing base, where there are some strong brown teeth pointing upwards: […] . ==== Synonyms ==== (made of bran): branny (resembling bran): branlike, branny (characterised by flakes): scurfy ==== Derived terms ==== furfuraceous cretinism (medicine, obsolete) furfuraceous desquamation (medicine) === See also === scurf