glutinous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GLU'TINOUS, noun [Latin glutinosus.] Viscous; viscid; tenacious; having the quality of glue; resembling glue. Starch is glutinous 1. In botany, besmeared with a slippery moisture; as a glutinous leaf.
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