fleshy

[US]/'fleʃɪ/
[UK]/'flɛʃi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. resembling or having the characteristics of flesh; plump or fat; having a substantial amount of flesh.

Example Sentences

colour some fondant fleshy pink.

her torso was full, fleshy, and heavy.

The anti free-radical,antihyperglycemic and anti-tumor effect of the fleshy fruit(EFF) and fleshy leaf(EFY) extract on Camellia oleifera Abel were investigated.

A fleshy berry-like fruit with a tough rind, as a lemon or orange.

Corona lobes 5, erect, acuminate, fleshy, attached to gynostegium.

internasal valve A fleshy flap extending between the nostrils and partly covering the mouth of rays.

Leaver fleshy, squamose, spirally arranged, yellowish-white.

Seeds 1 to many, with or without a fleshy sometimes brightly colored sarcotesta and/or aril, sometimes with long hairs, or broadly winged;endosperm usually copious and fleshy;

cirri Hair-like structures in animals and plants; small, slender, flexible fleshy protuberances; the singular is cirrus.

2(1) Fleshy or ligneous berry; seeds wingless; scandent often arboreous shrubs or small trees.

Seeds 2 per follicle, subtrigonous, 4-5 mm, attached in dehisced follicle to a fleshy funiculate aril;

Drupe (pyrenocarp) A fleshy indehiscent fruit containing one or more seeds each surrounded by a hard stony wall, the endocarp.

Pectose exists in the fleshy pulp of unripe fruit;during the process of ripening it changes to pectin;by cooking, pectin is changed to pectosic acid, and by longer cooking to pectic acid.

A fleshy clublike spike bearing minute flowers, usually enclosed within a sheathlike spathe, characteristic of aroid plants, such as the calla and the jack-in-the-pulpit.

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