"soft-grain" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} soft-grain (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of softgrain Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: softgrain
    Sense id: en-soft-grain-en-adj-c-OvuBR- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
  2. (of leather) Flexible; pliable. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-soft-grain-en-adj-SJCKIQ-5

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          "ref": "2014, Karen Wiesner, Shards of Ashley, Book 5 of the Family Heirlooms Series, page 24",
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          "ref": "2016, Nigel Thorley, Jaguar - All the Cars (4th Edition), page 303",
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