subcartilaginous adjective2 •Situated under or beneath a cartilage or cartilages.The subcartilaginous layer of bone is a dense plate of epiphysitis it is necessary to form a clear and compact osseous tissue — 1892 •Partially cartilaginous.A very pretty species with the frondiform stems quite unaltered in drying, the leaves glossy, rigid, subcartilaginous, pale. — 1921
