a. [ad. L. carnōs-us abounding in flesh, fleshy, f. caro, carn-em flesh.] Consisting of or resembling flesh; fleshy.

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1562.  Turner, Herbal, II. 59 a. Ye Cypres tre and the Tamarisk haue carnose or flesshy leues.

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1677.  Gale, Crt. Gentiles, II. III. 122. The mortification of some carnose part.

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1731.  Massey, in Phil. Trans., XXXVII. 217. Two short carnose Antennæ.

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1854.  Badham, Halieut., 77. Cartilaginous fish … are carnose in fibre and difficult to digest.

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