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mucilaginous 2 |
= mucous; < glutinous |
texture |
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Slimy. |
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sclerocaulous |
= hard-stemmed |
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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woody |
= ligneous |
texture |
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Of or resembling wood (xylem). |
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glutinous 2 |
> mucilaginous, mucous, viscid |
texture |
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Sticky or slimy. |
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sarcous |
= carnose, fleshy |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
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parchment-like |
= pergamentaceous |
texture |
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Very thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like parchment. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), membranaceous (membranous). |
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rigent |
= rigid, stiff |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
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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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gelatinous |
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texture |
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Jelly-like; soft, moist, continuously cohesive, texturally homogeneous, somewhat resilient, and easily cut. |
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mucous 2 |
= mucilaginous; < glutinous |
texture |
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Slimy. |
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coriaceous |
= leathery |
texture |
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Moderately thick, tough, and very pliable. |
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leathery |
= coriaceous |
texture |
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Moderately thick, tough, and very pliable. |
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firm |
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texture |
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Yielding under only moderately strong pressure; only slightly deformable without internal structural disruption. |
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rigid |
= rigent, stiff |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
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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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corky |
= suberous |
texture |
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Firm, relatively light, discontinuous but strongly cohesive, and resilient. |
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resinous 2 |
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texture |
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Having the consistency of resin. |
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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. |
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loose 2 |
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texture |
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Soft overall, discontinuously and only weakly cohesive. |
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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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watery |
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texture |
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Liquid and weakly cohesive, flowing freely; like water. This term often implies also transparency. |
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stiff |
= rigent, rigid |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
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friable |
= brittle |
texture |
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Dry, firm and easily broken. |
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fatiscent |
= crumbling; > farinaceous, mealy |
texture |
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Easily disintegrating in relatively small pieces, either spontaneously or under pressure. |
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granular |
= granulate, granulose |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
