Tending to preserve.

Fruit that, because of its height from the ground, is more difficult to harvest / (by extension) Anything that is difficult to achieve, and which is put off while simpler alternatives are still ava...

(oncology) Gliomatous. / (anatomy) Glial. / Embedded in a gelatinous matrix. / Substance resembling glue.

(informal) At the very most; as a maximum.