grumous


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grumous

(ˈɡruːməs) or

grumose

adj
(Biology) (esp of plant parts) consisting of granular tissue
[C17: from grume a clot of blood, from Latin grumus a little heap; related to crumb]
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Adj.1.grumous - transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"
coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumose
thick - relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
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Translations

gru·mous

a. grumoso-a, coagulado-a.
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