Definition for GLU'TIN-OUS

GLU'TIN-OUS, a. [L. glutinosus.]

  1. Viscous; viscid; tenacious; having the quality of glue; resembling glue. Starch is glutinous.
  2. In botany, besmeared with a slippery moisture; as, a glutinous leaf. Martyn.

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