friable
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In 1936, the name "Ehlers-Danlos syndrome" was proposed and three cardinal symptoms were identified: joints had to be overly bendy, and skin had to be both stretchy and unusually "friable", meaning it crumbled easily.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2022
McCarron noted that the friable clay we were walking on would fall apart underfoot in the dry summer months.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
“The Feral Detective” enters that darker realm as soon as Phoebe and Heist venture into the friable wilderness far outside L.A.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2018
Early Americans drained these swamps to acquire civilization’s most essential resource: tillable land with friable soil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2016
But in the shade of the papaya trees the soil was dark brown, with the moist, friable feel that gardeners seek.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
