Fleshy
adjective
Thick and soft, full of flesh.
The tomato is very fleshy and delicious.
Often appears as...
- fleshy fruits
- fleshy leaves
adjective
Of a person or part of the body, having a lot of flesh.
She had a fleshy face with rosy cheeks.
Often appears as...
- fleshy face
- fleshy cheeks
adjective
In botany, especially of leaves or fruits, having a texture or substance that resembles flesh.
The plant has fleshy leaves that store water.
Often appears as...
- fleshy stems
- fleshy petals
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Thick and soft, full of flesh.
The tomato is very fleshy and delicious.
Often appears as...
- fleshy fruits
- fleshy leaves
adjective
Of a person or part of the body, having a lot of flesh.
She had a fleshy face with rosy cheeks.
Often appears as...
- fleshy face
- fleshy cheeks
adjective
In botany, especially of leaves or fruits, having a texture or substance that resembles flesh.
The plant has fleshy leaves that store water.
Often appears as...
- fleshy stems
- fleshy petals
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Texture Focus
Use 'fleshy' to describe things like fruits that seem thick and potentially juicy inside.
The ripe peach felt especially fleshy in my hand.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Connotation
'Fleshy' often implies a desirable quality in food, indicating tastiness and richness.
I prefer fleshy tomatoes for my salads, they're more flavorful.
Pro Tip 1/2Texture Focus
Use 'fleshy' to describe things like fruits that seem thick and potentially juicy inside.
The ripe peach felt especially fleshy in my hand.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Connotation
'Fleshy' often implies a desirable quality in food, indicating tastiness and richness.
I prefer fleshy tomatoes for my salads, they're more flavorful.
Pro Tip 1/2Texture Focus
Use 'fleshy' to describe things like fruits that seem thick and potentially juicy inside.
The ripe peach felt especially fleshy in my hand.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Connotation
'Fleshy' often implies a desirable quality in food, indicating tastiness and richness.
I prefer fleshy tomatoes for my salads, they're more flavorful.
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Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
certain that fish very like it where the creatures from which the whole of the amphibians reptiles mammals and indeed man himself are ultimately descended every detail of its anatomy therefore is of absorbing interest its fins have long fleshy lobes at their base which make them quite unlike the fins of
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This sea creature...
the actual name given to a rare deep-sea species. But they are generally characterized by their long, cylindrical shape. A sea cucumber is essentially a brainless, fleshy form surrounding a digestive tract, bookended by a mouth and an anus. Adhesive tube feet run the length of their bodies
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What we didn't know...
barely scratches the surface of how widespread they are in animals. There's an enormous amount of anatomical variation. You find muscular tubes, modified legs, modified fins, as well as the mammalian fleshy, inflatable cylinder that we're all familiar with -- or at least half of you are.
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Alone on the Ice: The...
socks which he hasn't taken off for days and discovers to his horror that his souls have detached from his feet they've turned into these hard and almost leather-like uh skins that are no longer attached to the the fleshy the flesh underneath or
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What happens when...
but what if the future is fleshy? Science and science fiction help us remember that we're made of star stuff. But can it also help us remember the wonder and weirdness of being made of flesh? Biology is us, it's our bodies, it's what we eat.
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Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
which is really characteristic and it's basically this fleshy lump which has lots of bacteria in it, which is able to illuminate and then that attracts in all their prey and they're able to eat it with their incredibly wide mouths.
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The fascinating secret...
I carefully placed my hand into the clam's mouth and waited. I still have my hand. It seems that these gentle giants would rather retreat and protect their fleshy bodies than feed on me. So much for those killer clam myths!
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Explaining the Tree of...
the ability to gulp air from the water surface their fleshy fins became wait supporting legs and 375 million years ago a few of these backbone creatures followed the insects onto the land they were
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The Making of Walking...
reconstructions if you add this to the information from the other fleshy structures and what you can begin to do is put together a picture of the dinosaur as it might have appeared in life
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Caterpillar Eaten Alive...
ready to start its transformation into a butterfly but waiting in the wings is a tiny parasitic wasp looking for somewhere fleshy to lay her eggs she's watching for the moment when it will
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
certain that fish very like it where the creatures from which the whole of the amphibians reptiles mammals and indeed man himself are ultimately descended every detail of its anatomy therefore is of absorbing interest its fins have long fleshy lobes at their base which make them quite unlike the fins of
Video examples
This sea creature...
the actual name given to a rare deep-sea species. But they are generally characterized by their long, cylindrical shape. A sea cucumber is essentially a brainless, fleshy form surrounding a digestive tract, bookended by a mouth and an anus. Adhesive tube feet run the length of their bodies
Video examples
What we didn't know...
barely scratches the surface of how widespread they are in animals. There's an enormous amount of anatomical variation. You find muscular tubes, modified legs, modified fins, as well as the mammalian fleshy, inflatable cylinder that we're all familiar with -- or at least half of you are.
Video examples
Alone on the Ice: The...
socks which he hasn't taken off for days and discovers to his horror that his souls have detached from his feet they've turned into these hard and almost leather-like uh skins that are no longer attached to the the fleshy the flesh underneath or
Video examples
What happens when...
but what if the future is fleshy? Science and science fiction help us remember that we're made of star stuff. But can it also help us remember the wonder and weirdness of being made of flesh? Biology is us, it's our bodies, it's what we eat.
Video examples
Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
which is really characteristic and it's basically this fleshy lump which has lots of bacteria in it, which is able to illuminate and then that attracts in all their prey and they're able to eat it with their incredibly wide mouths.
Video examples
The fascinating secret...
I carefully placed my hand into the clam's mouth and waited. I still have my hand. It seems that these gentle giants would rather retreat and protect their fleshy bodies than feed on me. So much for those killer clam myths!
Video examples
Explaining the Tree of...
the ability to gulp air from the water surface their fleshy fins became wait supporting legs and 375 million years ago a few of these backbone creatures followed the insects onto the land they were
Video examples
The Making of Walking...
reconstructions if you add this to the information from the other fleshy structures and what you can begin to do is put together a picture of the dinosaur as it might have appeared in life
Video examples
Caterpillar Eaten Alive...
ready to start its transformation into a butterfly but waiting in the wings is a tiny parasitic wasp looking for somewhere fleshy to lay her eggs she's watching for the moment when it will
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Quote examples
Miranda July
American Director
Louise Bonnet is a Los Angeles-based painter of round, fleshy, almost obscene shapes and people. But hers is a very clean, friendly cartoon world, so there's this tension between harmlessness and perversion that is totally unsettling.
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Miquita Oliver
It was rough having my body develop, fluctuate and become fleshier in front of the 'Popworld' cameras.
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Cameron Diaz
American Actress
I want to be a big, fleshy voluptuous woman with curves. I want a big bum, but I don't have one.
Quote examples
Miranda July
American Director
Louise Bonnet is a Los Angeles-based painter of round, fleshy, almost obscene shapes and people. But hers is a very clean, friendly cartoon world, so there's this tension between harmlessness and perversion that is totally unsettling.
Quote examples
Miquita Oliver
It was rough having my body develop, fluctuate and become fleshier in front of the 'Popworld' cameras.
Quote examples
Cameron Diaz
American Actress
I want to be a big, fleshy voluptuous woman with curves. I want a big bum, but I don't have one.
Example 1 of 3
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