a. [f. L. carne-us fleshy (f. carn-em flesh) + -OUS.]
1. Consisting of flesh, fleshy.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, IV. 45 a. Of carneous and Musculous substance.
1662. Fuller, Worthies, III. 98. All their [carps] mouths are Tongues, as filled with a Carneous substance.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 575/1. The carneous parts of the fishes.
† 2. Flesh-colored, pale red. Obs.
1673. Ray, Journ. Low C., 466. The one with a carneous, the other with a blew flower.
1880. Gray, Bot. Text-bk., 401.