Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Made of bran.

  2. (not comparable)Resembling bran; having or characterised by small flakes that resemble bran or dandruff.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin furfur (“bran”) + -aceous.

Borrowed from Latin furfur (“bran”) + -aceous.

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
made of bran:branny
resembling bran:branlike
characterised by flakes:scurfy

Word family

1 related words
Relatedscurf

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
furfuraceous — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto