A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Corium,-ii (s.n.II), abl. sg. corio: skin, rind, covering; see bursum,-i (s.n.II). “1. The thick skin covering of an animal, its hide; a hide (of a skinned animal; the outer covering of a fruit, etc., skin, peel, rind; the outer covering, as the shell of something; a layer, stratum, coating of any material. “a body armor of overlapping leather flaps, used by the Romans, also by the English till the reign of Edward I” (Webster’s New Interntl. 1915); see leather; see rind; see skin; see hide;

- cortex colore rubro tingit et ad perficienda coria idoneus (DesFon), the bark stains with a red color and is suitable for finishing [i.e. tanning] skins.

- MYRTUS COMMUNIS baccae edules. Cortex et folia ad perficienda coria inserviunt (DesFon), berries edible. The bark and leaves serve for finishing [i.e. tanning] hides.

- Lichen saxatilis latifolius viridis, corium carchariæ piscis referens, ad foliorum apices exanthemata sua condens (Dill.), a lichen growing on stones], wide-leaved, green, resembling the skin of the fish carchar [i.e. perhaps a kind of small shark (dogfish); sharkskin] forming at the apices of the leaves its own pustules. [= Lichen verrucosus].

- [Amygdalus, L. = Tournef. p. 402. Persica Tournef. p. 400.] Obs. Amygdalus vulgo dicitur, cujus Drupa sicca, ut corium. Persica autem audit, cujus Drupa mollis, ut bacca (Linn.), [Observations] the amygdalus commonly is spoken of as a corium [i.e. leathery hull] the Drupe of which is dry. However, one understands the Persica, the Drupe of which is soft, as a berry.

NOTE: a drupe, q.v., with a thin epicarp like a skin (as in the cherry, plum, and peach) or dry and almost leathery (as in the almond); “a stone-fruit; the pericarp fleshy or leathery, containing a stone with a kernel” (Jackson).

Bursum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. burso: hide, skin. [> Gk. byrsa, the skin stripped off, a hide]; see corium,-ii (s.n.II).

Malicorium,-ii (s.n.II), abl. sg. malicorio: “(obsol.) the rind of the Pomegranate” (Lindley) ) [malum,-i (s.n.II), apple + corium, rind].