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Carnous :: Carnous (a.) Of a fleshy consistence; -- applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc..

Albumen :: Albumen (n.) Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc..

Bowery :: Bowery (a.) Characteristic of the street called the Bowery, in New York city; swaggering; flashy..

Dingo :: Dingo (n.) A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color..

Wishy-washy :: Wishy-washy (n.) A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.

Samphire :: Samphire (n.) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles..

Emboss :: Emboss (v. i.) To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods.

Artichoke :: Artichoke (n.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food..

Skew :: Skew (v. i.) To start aside; to shy, as a horse..

Beefy :: Beefy (a.) Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.

Alcyonium :: Alcyonium (n.) A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges..

Roselle :: Roselle (n.) a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink..

Bashyle :: Bashyle (n.) See Basyle.

Flashy :: Flashy (a.) Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.

Pate :: Pate (n.) A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place..

Uncarnate :: Uncarnate (a.) Not fleshy; specifically, not made flesh; not incarnate..

Fire-fanged :: Fire-fanged (a.) Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.

Tephrosia :: Tephrosia (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name..

Blushy :: Blushy (a.) Like a blush; having the color of a blush; rosy.

Shyness :: Shyness (n.) The quality or state of being shy.

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