schistaceous

English edit

Etymology edit

schist +‎ -aceous

Adjective edit

schistaceous (comparative more schistaceous, superlative most schistaceous)

Of a slate colour.

Translations edit

of the color of schist

Latin: schīstāceus (New Latin)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “schistaceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)