flesh·y

[flesh-ee]
adjective, flesh·i·er, flesh·i·est.
1.
having much flesh; plump; fat.
2.
consisting of or resembling flesh.
3.
Botany. consisting of fleshlike substance; pulpy, as a fruit; thick and tender, as a succulent leaf.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; see flesh, -y1

flesh·i·ly, adjective
flesh·i·ness, noun

fleshly, fleshy.
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fleshy (ˈflɛʃɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , fleshier, fleshiest
1.  fat; plump
2.  related to or resembling flesh
3.  botany (of some fruits, leaves, etc) thick and pulpy
 
'fleshiness
 
n

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Fleshy is always a great word to know.
So is nonvascular plants. Does it mean:
plants without a xylem and phloem to transport fluid and nutrients internally
phase in plant life which starts with a zygote produced by sexual reproduction
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Word Origin & History

fleshy
"plump," mid-14c., from flesh + -y (2).
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Example sentences
And it is easy to extract fresh water from some larger, fleshy ones.
The two little fleshy horns on his forehead didn't make him especially
  interesting.
They are fleshy and proud, celebrating their girth, reveling in it.
The time that it takes for her hand to shape itself into a claw and grab hold
  of the fleshy part of my throat, lasts an eternity.
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