mucilaginous

Etymology

From New Latin mucilaginosus from Late Latin mucus.

adj

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and viscous.
    Appa … forked down his throat the mucilaginous scrambled eggs. 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 303

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