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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Of, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the
mucilaginous glands.
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3. Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding mucilage;
as, mucilaginous gums or plants. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mucilaginous
adj : having the properties of glue [syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy,
pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous]
WordNet (r) 2.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "mucilaginous":
adhesive, amylaceous, clabbered, clammy, clotted, coagulated,
curdled, doughy, gaumy, gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey,
glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gooey, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike,
gumlike, gummous, gummy, heavy, inspissated, jelled, jellied,
jellylike, pasty, ropy, slabby, slimy, slithery, starchy, sticky,
stodgy, stringy, syrupy, tacky, tenacious, thick, thickened, tough,
tremelloid, tremellose, viscid, viscose, viscous
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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