rigid |
= rigent, stiff |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
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. |
spongy |
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texture |
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Soft, light, discontinuous but cohesive, and somewhat resilient. |
cereous 2 |
= ceraceous, waxen, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |
resinous 2 |
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texture |
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Having the consistency of resin. |
flaccid |
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texture |
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Limp, sometimes appearing withered or shrunken. See also tumid (swollen, turgid). |
horny |
= corneous |
texture |
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Hard, dense, fine-grained or compactly fibrous, and tough; resembling the substance of animal horn. |
stiff |
= rigent, rigid |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
watery |
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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. |
papery |
= chartaceous, papyraceous |
texture |
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Very thin, flexible, and readily torn; like paper. See also membranaceous (membranous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
cartilage-like |
= cartilaginous |
texture |
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Firm, dense, tough, somewhat pliable, and resilient, like human cartilage. |
cartilaginous |
= cartilage-like |
texture |
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Firm, dense, tough, somewhat pliable, and resilient, like human cartilage. |
oleaginous 2 |
= greasy, oily, unctuous |
texture |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
medullose |
= pithy |
texture |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |
waxen 2 |
= ceraceous, cereous, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |
glutinous 2 |
> mucilaginous, mucous, viscid |
texture |
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Sticky or slimy. |
fibrous |
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texture |
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Having tough, woody or sclerotic strands distributed through a softer matrix. |
gelatinous |
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texture |
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Jelly-like; soft, moist, continuously cohesive, texturally homogeneous, somewhat resilient, and easily cut. |
waxy 2 |
= ceraceous, cereous, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |
supple |
= flexible, pliable, pliant |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
weak |
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texture |
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Very pliable and unresilient. |
elastic |
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texture |
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Resiliently deformable with no loss of structural integrity. |
coriaceous |
= leathery |
texture |
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Moderately thick, tough, and very pliable. |
crumbling |
= fatiscent; > farinaceous, mealy |
texture |
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Easily disintegrating in relatively small pieces, either spontaneously or under pressure. |