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# fleshy

adjective (fleshy, fleshier, fleshiest)

«fleshy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Fleshy means thick, soft and juicy, especially describing fruit or plant parts, like a fleshy peach or fleshy cactus leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleshy/#m1)
2. Fleshy describes a body part that is plump or has a lot of flesh, like the fleshy part of your thumb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleshy/#m2)
3. Fleshy can mean having the pinkish colour of skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleshy/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about plants, fleshy fruits (like plums and tomatoes) are eaten by animals that then spread the seeds; fleshy leaves store water in desert plants. In stories, «fleshy» can describe a creature's arms or face in a vivid, sometimes unpleasant way. Phrases: «fleshy fruit», «fleshy leaves», «the fleshy part of».

### Examples

- A peach is a fleshy fruit with a stone in the middle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleshy/#x1)
- Cactuses have fleshy stems that store water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleshy/#x2)
- The doctor gave the injection in the fleshy part of the arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleshy/#x3)
- Aloe vera has thick, fleshy leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleshy/#x4)
- Mushrooms have a fleshy cap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleshy/#x5)
- The troll had a big, fleshy nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleshy/#x6)

### Note

Comparative fleshier, superlative fleshiest. Do not confuse «fleshy» (soft and plump) with «fleshly» (to do with the body rather than the spirit, an old word) or «flesh-eating».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fleshy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleshy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fleshy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fleshy.html) on Mova free.