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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

glutinosus

, fr.

gluten

glue: cf. F.

glutineux

. See

Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.

(Bot.)

Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.

Noun.

[L. glutinosus.] Viscous; viscid; tenacious; having the quality of glue; resembling glue. Starch is glutinous.

In botany, besmeared with a slippery moisture; as a glutinous leaf.