sarcous |
= carnose, fleshy |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
mucilaginous 2 |
= mucous; < glutinous |
texture |
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Slimy. |
deliquescent 2 |
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texture |
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Delicately fleshy and liquifying at maturity or with pressure; e.g., petals of Tradescantia (Commelinaceae). |
mucous 2 |
= mucilaginous; < glutinous |
texture |
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Slimy. |
rigent |
= rigid, stiff |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
stiff |
= rigent, rigid |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
elastic |
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texture |
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Resiliently deformable with no loss of structural integrity. |
horny |
= corneous |
texture |
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Hard, dense, fine-grained or compactly fibrous, and tough; resembling the substance of animal horn. |
osseous |
= bony |
texture |
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Very hard and rather brittle, like bone. |
pithy |
= medullose |
texture |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |
granular |
= granulate, granulose |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
friable |
= brittle |
texture |
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Dry, firm and easily broken. |
rigid |
= rigent, stiff |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
granulate |
= granular, granulose |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
pliable |
= flexible, pliant, supple |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
filamentous |
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texture |
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Composed of filiform (thread-like) strands with no intervening tissue. |
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. |
granulose |
= granular, granulate |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
pliant |
= flexible, pliable, supple |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
resinous 2 |
|
texture |
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Having the consistency of resin. |
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. |
greasy 2 |
= oily, oleaginous, unctuous |
texture |
|
Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
succulent |
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texture |
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Herbaceous and juicy, often thickened (incrassate). |
callose |
= callous |
texture |
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Hard-leathery; callose tissue usually is also thicker than comparable adjacent tissue. |
soft |
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texture |
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Yielding under slight pressure. |