carnousadj.
/ˈkɑːnəs/ ? Obsolete.
1. Consisting of or abounding in flesh; fleshy.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > flesh > [adjective]
fleshyc1400
liry1483
fleshen1538
fleshly?1541
flesh-like1552
carnose1562
carnous1577
carneous1578
incarnate1598
incardinatea1616
carnified1826
sarcous1840
1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. F.ivv A carnous Pannikle.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 17 A fair and carnous state of Body.
1694 J. Turner in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 17 Much more like a Sceleton than a carnous Substance.
1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. v. 24 There was a total destruction of all the Parts, both carnous and osseous.
1783 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (new ed.) II. 63.
2. Of fruits, roots, etc.: Pulpy, fleshy.
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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [adjective] > of or having pith or soft internal tissue
pithful1548
pithy1562
fleshy1577
carnous1601
musculous1601
medullary1620
medulline1620
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xv. iii [The] stones and carnous matter [of olives].
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 19 The roots of some be carnous and fleshie..namely of the Beet.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vi. 199 Such [Herbs] as have a carnous substance, and will never become lignous.
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