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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ fleshy.

Adjective

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subfleshy (comparative more subfleshy, superlative most subfleshy)

  1. (botany, mycology) Somewhat or partially fleshy.
    • 1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 422:
      The Agaricales have basidiocarps which are fleshy to subfleshy or rarely, almost leathery (but if the latter then the hymenophore is not poroid).