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
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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
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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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