Definition for FLOC'CU-LENT

FLOC'CU-LENT, a.

Coalescing and adhering in locks or flakes. I say the liquor is broken to flocculence, when the particles of herbaceous matter, seized by those of the lime, and coalescing, appear large and flocculent. Higgins, Med. Rep.

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