gristle

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noun

tough elastic tissue;
mostly converted to bone in adults
• Syn:
cartilage
• Derivationally related forms:
gristly, cartilaginous (for: cartilage)
• Hypernyms:
animal tissue
• Hyponyms:
meniscus, semilunar cartilage, fibrocartilage, hyaline cartilage, arytenoid,
arytaenoid, arytenoid cartilage, thyroid cartilage, Adam's apple
• Substance Holonyms:
cartilaginous structure
• Substance Meronyms:
collagen
• Part Meronyms:
matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance