the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In botany, papery; resembling writing-paper. Also cartaceous.
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adj. of or like paper
Word Usage
"It has always seemed to me, Madam, that that same jaw-bone must have been either prodigiously strong and tough, or else the Philistine crania must have been of very chartaceous texture."