fleshy

Synonyms for fleshy

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Antonyms for fleshy

adjective. beastlike; carnal

adjective. muscular, strong

adjective. muscular, strong

adjective. slightly fat

adjective. bodily, physical

Word Origin & History

"plump," mid-14c., from flesh (n.) + -y (2). Related: Fleshiness.

The pileus is fleshy, convex, then expanded, and at length depressed.

The pileus is fleshy and the margin incurved, especially when young.

The stem is fleshy, fibrous, sometimes waxy, continuous with the pileus.

The stem is fleshy, fibrous, and of the same character as the cap.

The pileus is fleshy, leathery or membranaceous, and usually cushion-formed.

Some species are very large, some are small, some fleshy, and some are corky or woody.

Your husband was a short, kind of fleshy man, as I remember, wa'n't he?

Mrs. Colton is sort of fleshy, but as handsome a woman as you'd want to see.

Drawing cords backwards and forwards through the fleshy parts.

Caruncle: a soft, naked, fleshy excrescence or protuberance.