Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GLU'TIN-OUS
GLU-TIN-OS'I-TYGLU'TIN-OUS-NESS
GLU'TIN-OUS, a. [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. Martyn.
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