pliant |
= flexible, pliable, supple |
texture |
|
Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
elastic |
|
texture |
|
Resiliently deformable with no loss of structural integrity. |
suberous |
= corky |
texture |
|
Firm, relatively light, discontinuous but strongly cohesive, and resilient. |
viscid 2 |
< glutinous |
texture |
|
Sticky. |
fleshy |
= carnose, sarcous |
texture |
|
Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
glutinous 2 |
> mucilaginous, mucous, viscid |
texture |
|
Sticky or slimy. |
scarious |
|
texture |
|
Very thin, dry, and not green. |
ligneous |
= woody |
texture |
|
Of or resembling xylem (wood). |
fleshy-stemmed |
= sarcocaulous |
texture |
plant |
Having main stems that are fleshy (carnose, sarcous). |
gelatinous |
|
texture |
|
Jelly-like; soft, moist, continuously cohesive, texturally homogeneous, somewhat resilient, and easily cut. |
pergamentaceous |
= parchment-like |
texture |
|
Very thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like parchment. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), membranaceous (membranous). |
coriaceous |
= leathery |
texture |
|
Moderately thick, tough, and very pliable. |
woody |
= ligneous |
texture |
|
Of or resembling wood (xylem). |
flexible |
= pliable, pliant, supple |
texture |
|
Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
corky |
= suberous |
texture |
|
Firm, relatively light, discontinuous but strongly cohesive, and resilient. |
unctuous 2 |
= greasy, oily, oleaginous |
texture |
|
Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
sclerocaulous |
= hard-stemmed |
texture |
plant |
Having hard, relatively dry, but essentially herbaceous main stems that contain a significant proportion of sclerotic tissue or fibers. |
sarcocaulous |
= fleshy-stemmed |
texture |
plant |
Having main stems that are sarcous (carnose, fleshy). |
sarcous |
= carnose, fleshy |
texture |
|
Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
mucilaginous 2 |
= mucous; < glutinous |
texture |
|
Slimy. |
indurate(d) |
= hard |
texture |
|
Yielding only under strong pressure; not deformable without internal structural disruption. See also callose (callous), corticate (hard-coated), sclerocaulous (hard-stemmed). |
carnose |
= fleshy, sarcous |
texture |
|
Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
horny |
= corneous |
texture |
|
Hard, dense, fine-grained or compactly fibrous, and tough; resembling the substance of animal horn. |
corneous |
= horny |
texture |
|
Hard, dense, fine-grained or compactly fibrous, and tough; resembling the substance of animal horn. |
filamentous |
|
texture |
|
Composed of filiform (thread-like) strands with no intervening tissue. |