pellicular (pelikular)

[ The pollen tube of Phanerogam i a sometimes acquires a length of two or more inches without ever departing from the homogeneous pellicular structure. Henfrey, Elem. Botany, § 58. cid ité, The chymists are never quiet till the heat of their fancy have calcined and vitrified the earth into a crystalline pellucidity . Dr. H. More, Immortal. of Soul, iii. 9. The pellucidity of the air. Locke, Elem. of Nat. Philos., vi. pellucidly (pe-lū'sid-li), adv. Transparently or translucently. pellucidne (pe-lu's id-nes), n. The state or property of being pellucid: as, the pellucidne of a gem.