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adj- Resembling or of the nature of a thin, pliable sheet or layer of animal or vegetable tissue, serving to line an organ, connect parts, etc. Also: Printed on or made of vellum.

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  • Pileus fleshy, membranaceous or deliquescent, 26. 26.
  • Sterile segment sessile above the middle of the plant, broadly triangular, thin, membranaceous, ternate.
  • The filmy ferns are small, delicate plants with membranaceous, finely dissected fronds from slender, creeping rootstocks.
  • Mace is a membranaceous structure enveloping the Nutmeg, having a fleshy texture, and being of a light yellowish-brown colour.
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