tissue-like
Like organic membrane
Tissue-like describes something resembling tissue in texture or appearance—thin, soft, delicate, or easily torn.
The comparison usually invokes tissue paper rather than biological tissue: tissue-like petals, a tissue-like membrane.
The word suggests fragility and translucence.
Filmy, delicate material
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- gauzyThin and transparent
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
wispy · filmy · papery · membranous · airy · feathery · lacy · cobwebby
Able to be ripped
- friableReadily reduced to fragments
- crumblyProne to fragmenting
- brittleLiable to shatter
- frangibleCapable of being broken
perishable · breakable · vulnerable · delicate · tender · rippable · destructible · weak
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- gauzyThin and transparent
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
translucent · wispy · filmy · papery · membranous · airy · feathery · lacy · cobwebby · flimsy
tearable
Able to be ripped
frangible · perishable · breakable · vulnerable · delicate · tender · rippable · destructible · weak · frail
tissue, texture, tissues, textile, textural, scar tissue, connective tissue, muscle tissue, vascular tissue