carnous, a. ? Obs.
(ˈkɑːnəs)
[ad. L. carnōs-us fleshy, f. carn- flesh: see -ous.]
1. Consisting of or abounding in flesh; fleshy.
| 1577 Vicary Englishm. Treas. K j, A carnous pannicle. a 1682 Sir T. Browne Misc. Tracts (1684) 17 A fair and carnous state of Body. 1694 J. Turner in Phil. Trans. XVIII. 17 Much more like a Sceleton than a carnous Substance. 1758 J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 24 All the Parts, both carnous and osseous. 1783 Pott Chirurg. II. 63. |
2. Of fruits, roots, etc.: Pulpy, fleshy.
| 1601 Holland Pliny xv. iii, [The] stones and carnous matter [of olives]. Ibid. II. 19 The roots of some be carnous and fleshie..namely of the Beet. 1679 Plot Staffordsh. (1686) 199 Such [Herbs] as have a carnous substance, and will never become lignous. |