weak |
|
texture |
|
Very pliable and unresilient. |
mucous 2 |
= mucilaginous; < glutinous |
texture |
|
Slimy. |
farinaceous 1 |
= mealy; < crumbling, fatiscent |
texture |
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Of minute, relatively stout trichomes that are collectively meal- or flour-like and easily detached. See also farinose. |
carnose |
= fleshy, sarcous |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
granular |
= granulate, granulose |
texture |
|
Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
indurate(d) |
= hard |
texture |
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Yielding only under strong pressure; not deformable without internal structural disruption. See also callose (callous), corticate (hard-coated), sclerocaulous (hard-stemmed). |
papery |
= chartaceous, papyraceous |
texture |
|
Very thin, flexible, and readily torn; like paper. See also membranaceous (membranous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
suberous |
= corky |
texture |
|
Firm, relatively light, discontinuous but strongly cohesive, and resilient. |
granulate |
= granular, granulose |
texture |
|
Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
ceraceous 2 |
cereous, waxen, waxy |
texture |
|
Having the consistency of wax. |
ligneous |
= woody |
texture |
|
Of or resembling xylem (wood). |
mealy 1 |
= farinaceous; < crumbling, fatiscent |
texture |
|
Of or bearing minute, relatively stout trichomes that are collectively meal- or flour-like and easily detached. |
firm |
|
texture |
|
Yielding under only moderately strong pressure; only slightly deformable without internal structural disruption. |
granulose |
= granular, granulate |
texture |
|
Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
cereous 2 |
= ceraceous, waxen, waxy |
texture |
|
Having the consistency of wax. |
spongy |
|
texture |
|
Soft, light, discontinuous but cohesive, and somewhat resilient. |
crumbling |
= fatiscent; > farinaceous, mealy |
texture |
|
Easily disintegrating in relatively small pieces, either spontaneously or under pressure. |
greasy 2 |
= oily, oleaginous, unctuous |
texture |
|
Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
callose |
= callous |
texture |
|
Hard-leathery; callose tissue usually is also thicker than comparable adjacent tissue. |
callous |
= callose |
texture |
|
Hard-leathery; callous tissue usually is also thicker than comparable adjacent tissue. |
cartilage-like |
= cartilaginous |
texture |
|
Firm, dense, tough, somewhat pliable, and resilient, like human cartilage. |
cartilaginous |
= cartilage-like |
texture |
|
Firm, dense, tough, somewhat pliable, and resilient, like human cartilage. |
hard |
= indurate(d) |
texture |
|
Yielding only under strong pressure; not deformable without internal structural disruption. See also callose (callous), hard-coated (corticate), hard-stemmed (sclerocaulous). |
crustaceous |
= crusty |
texture |
|
Thin, dry, hard, and brittle. |
elastic |
|
texture |
|
Resiliently deformable with no loss of structural integrity. |