Of or relating to cartilage.

Roget 323: hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm; starch, starched; stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding; inflexible, tense; indurate, indurated; gritty, proof.    adamant, adamantine, adamantean^†; concrete, stony, granitic, calculous, lithic^†, vitreous; horny, corneous^†; bony; osseous, ossific^†; cartilaginous; hard as a rock etc. n.; stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker; stiff as starch, stiff as as board.    ... show more

Polish: chrzęstny, chrząstkowy

Difficult to chew.

synonyms: gristly, rubbery.

Polish: chrząstkowaty