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coriaceous |
= leathery |
texture |
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Moderately thick, tough, and very pliable. |
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osseous |
= bony |
texture |
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Very hard and rather brittle, like bone. |
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corky |
= suberous |
texture |
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Firm, relatively light, discontinuous but strongly cohesive, and resilient. |
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pithy |
= medullose |
texture |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |
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greasy 2 |
= oily, oleaginous, unctuous |
texture |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
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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). |
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membranous |
= membranaceous |
texture |
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Extremely thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like animal membrane. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
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elastic |
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texture |
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Resiliently deformable with no loss of structural integrity. |
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viscid 2 |
< glutinous |
texture |
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Sticky. |
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corneous |
= horny |
texture |
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Hard, dense, fine-grained or compactly fibrous, and tough; resembling the substance of animal horn. |
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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). |
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fibrous |
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texture |
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Having tough, woody or sclerotic strands distributed through a softer matrix. |
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horny |
= corneous |
texture |
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Hard, dense, fine-grained or compactly fibrous, and tough; resembling the substance of animal horn. |
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hard-coated |
= corticate |
texture |
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Having a hard exterior layer and a distinct, softer interior. |
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woody |
= ligneous |
texture |
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Of or resembling wood (xylem). |
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friable |
= brittle |
texture |
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Dry, firm and easily broken. |
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callose |
= callous |
texture |
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Hard-leathery; callose tissue usually is also thicker than comparable adjacent tissue. |
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hard-stemmed |
= sclerocaulous |
texture |
plant |
Having hard, relatively dry, but essentially herbaceous main stems that contain a significant proportion of sclerotic tissue or fibers. |
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papery |
= chartaceous, papyraceous |
texture |
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Very thin, flexible, and readily torn; like paper. See also membranaceous (membranous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
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pergamentaceous |
= parchment-like |
texture |
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Very thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like parchment. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), membranaceous (membranous). |
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callous |
= callose |
texture |
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Hard-leathery; callous tissue usually is also thicker than comparable adjacent tissue. |
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rigent |
= rigid, stiff |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
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succulent |
|
texture |
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Herbaceous and juicy, often thickened (incrassate). |
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brittle |
= friable |
texture |
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Dry, firm and easily broken. |
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gummy |
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texture |
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Highly viscous and sticky, liquid or more or less deformably solid, sometimes more or less elastic. |
