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mucilaginous

/myoo-suh-laj-uh-nuhs/US // ˌmyu səˈlædʒ ə nəs //

粘稠的,粘液质,粘性,粘性物质

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
    • : of the nature of or resembling mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid.

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Examples

  • The first is contained in great abundance in flax and cotton-seed, the sun-flower, and many other of the mucilaginous seeds.

  • Taste: Slightly acid and mucilaginous when raw; after cooking somewhat suggesting white meat of chicken.

  • He mentions the mucilaginous testa possessed by many seeds, but which only becomes noticeable when they have been moistened.

  • It also exudes from the articulations of its abdomen a yellow mucilaginous liquid, of a pungent and disagreeable odour.

  • All plants communicate to water some mucilaginous material which is carried over along with it.