Carneous
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
Historical Examples
In one specimen I noticed a carneous degeneration, but this is really no reflection on Mr. Flannery personally.
Remarks Bill Nye
A Sucket is made in like manner of the carneous substance of stalks of Lettice.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby
If it is carneous, we touch it with the thumb and middle finger.
Delsarte System of Oratory Various
There is a total absence of that firm, fresh, carneous look which so distinctively characterises the flesh in a state of health.
Parasites T. Spencer Cobbold
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