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Definition of Chafflike
1. Adjective. Abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff.
Definition of Chafflike
1. Adjective. Resembling chaff. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chafflike
Literary usage of Chafflike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene for Higher Grammar Grades by Winfield Scott Hall (1900)
"The oats, barley, and rice have a tough, chafflike skin, which is always removed
before it is put on the market for food. Barley and rice are so seldom seen ..."
2. The Illustrative Lesson Notes: A Guide to the Study of the International edited by John Heyl Vincent, Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, John Thomas McFarland (1895)
"The chafflike Israel was in that very period visibly removed from the threshing
floor. The wheat—The repentant and the righteous. The chaff—The people who ..."
3. Flora of the District of Columbia and Vicinity by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1919)
"Receptacles of the flower heads bearing numerous chafflike scales; plants annual
or sometimes biennial, without basal tufts of ..."
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