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Webster 1913 Edition
Carnous
{
, Car-nose
,Car′-nous
}Adj.
[L.
carnosus
, fr. caro
, carnis
, flesh: cf. OF. carneux
, F. charneux
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy.
A distinct
carnose
muscle. Ray.
2.
(Bot.)
Of a fleshy consistence; – applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Carnous
CARNOUS
,Adj.
Definition 2024
carnous
carnous
English
Adjective
carnous (comparative more carnous, superlative most carnous)
- (rare or obsolete) Fleshy.
- 1658: It is no impossible Physiognomy to conjecture at fleshy appendencies; and after what shape the muscles and carnous parts might hang in their full consistences. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 31)