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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Car·nos·i·ty n.
 1. Med. A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth.
 2. Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.
    [Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity.   --Spelman.
    The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity.   --Holland.