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Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray.

Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.

It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc.

A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.

An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.

The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.

merous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food.

"Attractive graces." Milton. "Attractive eyes." Thackeray. Flowers of a livid yellow, or fleshy color, are most attractive to flies. Lubbock. -- At*tract"ive*ly, adv. -- At*tract"ive*ness, n.

A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum.

One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.

Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.

Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.

A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Spæt'lum.

A form of decay seen in fleshy, overripe fruit. Lindley.

A genus of herbs (Blitum) with a fleshy calyx. Blitum capitatum is the strawberry blite.

The fleshy nature of man. Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. Shak.

A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle.

Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. "Brawny limbs." W. Irving.

The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. Calf's-foot jelly, jelly made from the feet of calves. The gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and is flavored with sugar, essences, etc.

Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocardris and Pericarditis. Dunglison.