Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Carnosity \Car*nos"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. carnosit['e].]
   1. (Med.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or
      fungous growth. --Wiseman.

   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.