Leaf Spelling Dictionary

The first vowel is an o

schwaCoriaceous carries its stress on the third syllable. The two in front of it are unstressed and their vowels are barely present.

heard asceriaceous
spelledcoriaceous
saidko-ree-AY-shus

coriaceous.

Two unstressed syllables run past before the word reaches its stress, and the first of them barely registers. An e is what you write when the vowel has faded that far. The o is fixed by corium.

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