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Knurly

//ˈnɜː(ɹ)li// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Gnarled or knotty; hard and misshapen.

    "It seems too much like a great tree, beautiful, symmetrical, and full of leaves, but raised or desired only for fruit, yet bearing little, and some of that little not of good quality, but knurly or bitter."

Etymology

From knurl + -y.

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