Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike, leathery
(adjective) resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable
Source: WordNet® 3.1
leathered
simple past tense and past participle of leather
leathered (comparative more leathered, superlative most leathered)
(slang) Very drunk; intoxicated.
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Leath"er, n. Etym: [OE. lether, AS. le; akin to D. leder, leêr, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le, Sw. läder, Dan. læder.]
1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive]
Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.
– Leather carp (Zoöl.) , a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp.
– Leather jacket. (Zoöl.) (a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus). (b) A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis).
– Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color.
– Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata), growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy leaves.
– Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff tomentose leaves.
– Leather turtle. (Zoöl.) See Leatherback.
– Vegetable leather. (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. Ure.
Leath"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Leathering.]
Definition: To beat, as with a thong of leather. [Obs. or Colloq.] G. Eliot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 June 2024
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Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.