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mucilaginous


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mucilaginous  \Mu`ci*lag"i*nous\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  mucilagineux  See 
  {Mucilage}.] 
  1.  Partaking  of  the  nature  of  or  resembling,  mucilage; 
  moist,  soft,  and  viscid;  slimy;  ropy;  as  a  mucilaginous 
  liquid. 
 
  2.  Of  pertaining  to  or  secreting,  mucilage;  as  the 
  mucilaginous  glands. 
 
  3.  Soluble  in  water,  but  not  in  alcohol;  yielding  mucilage; 
  as  mucilaginous  gums  or  plants.  -- 
  {Mu`ci*lag"i*nous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mucilaginous 
  adj  :  having  the  properties  of  glue  [syn:  {gluey},  {glutinous},  {gummy}, 
  {pasty},  {sticky},  {viscid},  {viscous}] 




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