Sentence:  He touched the leaves of some of the glossy bushes to find out whether they felt as <WSD>fleshly</WSD> as they looked. ["At least one U.S. edition has" <WSD>fleshy</WSD>][https://archive.org/details/vivisector00patr] 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Of, relating to or resembling flesh; composed of flesh; having a lot of flesh.