carnose
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ)nəʊz/, /ˈkɑː(ɹ)nəʊs/
Adjective
carnose (comparative more carnose, superlative most carnose)
- Carnous, fleshy.
- 1701, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation, […], 3rd edition, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, […], OCLC 1103011139, part II, pages 343–344:
- The Muſcle whereby he [the hedgehog] is enabled to draw himſelf thus together, and gather up his whole Body like a Ball, the Pariſian Academiſts deſcribe to be a diſtinct Carnoſe Muſcle, extended from the Oſſa innominata to the Ear and Noſe, running along the Back-bone, without being faſtned thereto.
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- (botany) of a fleshy consistency; applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.
Derived terms
- carnosity
Anagrams
- Carones, Creason, Croesan, Sarceno, canoers, coarsen, corneas, earcons, narcose, sea corn, seacorn, sorance
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /karˈno.se/, (traditional) /karˈno.ze/
- Rhymes: -ose, (traditional) -oze
- Hyphenation: car‧nó‧se
Adjective
carnose
- feminine plural of carnoso
Anagrams
- nascerò, necrosa
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /karˈnoː.se/, [kärˈnoːs̠ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈno.se/, [kärˈnɔːs̬e]
Adjective
carnōse
- vocative masculine singular of carnōsus