ligneous |
= woody |
texture |
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Of or resembling xylem (wood). |
membranous |
= membranaceous |
texture |
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Extremely thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like animal membrane. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
granulose |
= granular, granulate |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
pithy |
= medullose |
texture |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |
pliable |
= flexible, pliant, supple |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
fatiscent |
= crumbling; > farinaceous, mealy |
texture |
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Easily disintegrating in relatively small pieces, either spontaneously or under pressure. |
friable |
= brittle |
texture |
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Dry, firm and easily broken. |
pliant |
= flexible, pliable, supple |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
leathery |
= coriaceous |
texture |
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Moderately thick, tough, and very pliable. |
supple |
= flexible, pliable, pliant |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
watery |
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texture |
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Liquid and weakly cohesive, flowing freely; like water. This term often implies also transparency. |
greasy 2 |
= oily, oleaginous, unctuous |
texture |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
callose |
= callous |
texture |
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Hard-leathery; callose tissue usually is also thicker than comparable adjacent tissue. |
callous |
= callose |
texture |
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Hard-leathery; callous tissue usually is also thicker than comparable adjacent tissue. |
hard |
= indurate(d) |
texture |
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Yielding only under strong pressure; not deformable without internal structural disruption. See also callose (callous), hard-coated (corticate), hard-stemmed (sclerocaulous). |
parchment-like |
= pergamentaceous |
texture |
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Very thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like parchment. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), membranaceous (membranous). |
chartaceous |
= papery, papyraceous |
texture |
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Very thin, flexible, and readily torn; like paper. See also membranaceous (membranous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
brittle |
= friable |
texture |
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Dry, firm and easily broken. |
waxen 2 |
= ceraceous, cereous, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |
hard-coated |
= corticate |
texture |
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Having a hard exterior layer and a distinct, softer interior. |
hard-stemmed |
= sclerocaulous |
texture |
plant |
Having hard, relatively dry, but essentially herbaceous main stems that contain a significant proportion of sclerotic tissue or fibers. |
crumbling |
= fatiscent; > farinaceous, mealy |
texture |
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Easily disintegrating in relatively small pieces, either spontaneously or under pressure. |
flaccid |
|
texture |
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Limp, sometimes appearing withered or shrunken. See also tumid (swollen, turgid). |
suberous |
= corky |
texture |
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Firm, relatively light, discontinuous but strongly cohesive, and resilient. |
waxy 2 |
= ceraceous, cereous, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |