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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having the sticky properties of an adhesive;
[syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mucilaginous \Mu`ci*lag"i*nous\, a. [Cf. F. mucilagineux. See Mucilage.] 1. Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid. [1913 Webster] 2. Of, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the mucilaginous glands. [1913 Webster] 3. Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding mucilage; as, mucilaginous gums or plants. -- Mu`ci*lag"i*nous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mucilaginous adj 1: having the sticky properties of an adhesive [syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

48 Moby Thesaurus words for "mucilaginous": adhesive, amylaceous, clabbered, clammy, clotted, coagulated, curdled, doughy, gaumy, gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gooey, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, gummy, heavy, inspissated, jelled, jellied, jellylike, pasty, ropy, slabby, slimy, slithery, starchy, sticky, stodgy, stringy, syrupy, tacky, tenacious, thick, thickened, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, viscid, viscose, viscous