mucilaginous

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1. mucilaginous - Adjective

2. mucilaginous - Adjective Satellite

Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.

Of, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the mucilaginous glands.

Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding mucilage; as, mucilaginous gums or plants.

Source: Webster's dictionary

sticky viscous pasty glutinous gummy viscid gluey thick tough adhesive pituitary adherent gelatinous tenacious slimy

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DRY liquid easy weak thin beautiful

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mucilage

In some species of cephalopods, egg clutches are anchored to substrates by a mucilaginous adhesive substance. Source: Internet

Their inside surface often bears glands called "colleters", which produce mucilaginous compounds protecting the young shoot. Source: Internet