Car·nos·i·ty n.
1. Med. A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth.
2. Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.
[Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity. --Spelman.
The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity. --Holland.
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