Glutinous

Glu′ti-nous

,

Adj.

[L.

glutinosus

, fr.

gluten

glue: cf. F.

glutineux

. See

Gluten

.]

1.

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

2.

(Bot.)

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

Glutinous

GLU'TINOUS

,

Noun.

[L. 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.

glutinous

English

Adjective

glutinous ‎(comparative more glutinous, superlative most glutinous)

glue-like, sticky, viscid.
Of the nature of gluten.
Containing gluten.

Translations

glue-like

French: glutineux (fr)
German: klebrig (de)
Greek: κολλώδης (el) ‎(kollódis)

Italian: glutinoso
Kannada: ಜಿಗಟಾದ (kn) ‎(jigaṭāda), ಅಂಟಾದ (kn) ‎(aṃṭāda), ಅಂಟಂಟಾದ (kn) ‎(aṃṭaṃṭāda), ಅಂಟುವ (kn) ‎(aṃṭuva)
Russian: кле́йкий (ru) ‎(kléjkij), ли́пкий (ru) ‎(lípkij)

References

J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
The Chambers Dictionary (1993)
Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged (1961)

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