Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as carnous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy.
  • adjective (Bot.) Of a fleshy consistence; -- applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective fleshy; carnous
  • adjective botany Of a fleshy consistency; applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.

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Examples

  • On land, meridional, a bispherical moon, revealed in imperfect varying phases of lunation through the posterior interstice of the imperfectly occluded skirt of a carnose negligent perambulating female, a pillar of the cloud by day.

    Ulysses 2003

  • On land, meridional, a bispherical moon, revealed in imperfect varying phases of lunation through the posterior interstice of the imperfectly occluded skirt of a carnose negligent perambulating female, a pillar of the cloud by day.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

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