woody |
= ligneous |
texture |
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Of or resembling wood (xylem). |
osseous |
= bony |
texture |
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Very hard and rather brittle, like bone. |
pergamentaceous |
= parchment-like |
texture |
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Very thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like parchment. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), membranaceous (membranous). |
rigid |
= rigent, stiff |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
friable |
= brittle |
texture |
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Dry, firm and easily broken. |
spongy |
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texture |
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Soft, light, discontinuous but cohesive, and somewhat resilient. |
mealy 1 |
= farinaceous; < crumbling, fatiscent |
texture |
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Of or bearing minute, relatively stout trichomes that are collectively meal- or flour-like and easily detached. |
crumbling |
= fatiscent; > farinaceous, mealy |
texture |
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Easily disintegrating in relatively small pieces, either spontaneously or under pressure. |
resinous 2 |
|
texture |
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Having the consistency of resin. |
coriaceous |
= leathery |
texture |
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Moderately thick, tough, and very pliable. |
bony |
= osseous |
texture |
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Very hard and rather brittle, like bone. |
horny |
= corneous |
texture |
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Hard, dense, fine-grained or compactly fibrous, and tough; resembling the substance of animal horn. |
flaccid |
|
texture |
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Limp, sometimes appearing withered or shrunken. See also tumid (swollen, turgid). |
corky |
= suberous |
texture |
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Firm, relatively light, discontinuous but strongly cohesive, and resilient. |
watery |
|
texture |
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Liquid and weakly cohesive, flowing freely; like water. This term often implies also transparency. |
oily 2 |
= greasy, oleaginous, unctuous |
texture |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
crustaceous |
= crusty |
texture |
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Thin, dry, hard, and brittle. |
stiff |
= rigent, rigid |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
crusty |
= crustaceous |
texture |
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Thin, dry, hard, and brittle. |
papery |
= chartaceous, papyraceous |
texture |
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Very thin, flexible, and readily torn; like paper. See also membranaceous (membranous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
oleaginous 2 |
= greasy, oily, unctuous |
texture |
|
Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
corneous |
= horny |
texture |
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Hard, dense, fine-grained or compactly fibrous, and tough; resembling the substance of animal horn. |
waxen 2 |
= ceraceous, cereous, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |
carnose |
= fleshy, sarcous |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
medullose |
= pithy |
texture |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |