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Meanings of mucilaginous in anglès

Having the sticky properties of an adhesive.

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Practically none of them had been removed from the insoluble mucilaginous covering.
The Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915
2
These are mucilaginous when unbroken, and afford the taste of bitter almonds.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
3
Soft feed and mucilaginous and nourishing drinks should be given during these attacks.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
4
The expressed juice was not limpid, but thick, mucilaginous and ropy.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
5
The succulent covering of the fruit is soft and slimy, mawkishly sweet, and mucilaginous.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
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The taste of the decoction is bland, mucilaginous, and cordial.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
7
Mild mucilaginous drinks, and warm, may be given liberally; as barley-water, or thin gruel, etc.
The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease
8
In taste, the leaves are harsh, bitter, and mucilaginous.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
9
The cells are cemented together by a mucilaginous substance.
The Whence and the Whither of Man / A Brief History of His Origi...
10
Wherewith he exclaimed bitterly: "Madam, you are a mere mucilaginous mess."
Memories and Anecdotes
11
The fruit is mucilaginous, somewhat tart and saccharine.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
12
The juice of the latter was clear and limpid; that of the former quite thick and mucilaginous.
The Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915
13
The ribbons having been produced, the fiber in them has to be freed from the mucilaginous secretions.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883
14
When cultivated, it is reddish, thick, fleshy, with a pleasant odour, and a peculiar, sweet, mucilaginous taste.
The Book of Household Management
15
I soaked one of the seeds for ten hours in warm water, which became only very slightly mucilaginous.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 / A Record of His Work...
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The root is sweet and very mucilaginous when chewed, containing more than half its weight of saccharine viscous mucilage.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
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