velvety
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They are velvety, with a melt-in-your-mouth texture that somehow doesn’t aggressively stick to your teeth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Beloved for its mildly sweet, nutty flavour and velvety texture, it later evolved into a party food, consumed as a jam or stewed with sticky rice balls in coconut milk.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
It said it was distinctive with a velvety covering of ginger-yellow hairs across its body and no black hairs.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
A splash of cream mixed with starchy pasta water at the end makes the sauce surprisingly velvety, without requiring you to make a cream sauce at all.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
His puppy muscles knotted and rippled under the velvety skin.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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